Quaresma was easy but I definitely had to spell his name!
Day 7: Portugal vs Morocco, Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia and Iran vs Spain
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Portugal have a lot to talk about at the half. To be fair Ronaldo could have had an assist too with the second best chance in the half with his pass.
That defense and midfield though getting destroyed and looking desperate at times. They would have been punished if Morocco could actually finish.
That defense and midfield though getting destroyed and looking desperate at times. They would have been punished if Morocco could actually finish.
Fair enough.
When someone says it seems the first football match someone has seen I don't think excitement, I think lack of knowledge.
But if that's what you meant fair dues, I don't think she sounded overly enthusiastic but we are used to some of the most banal men in existence commentating.
Portugal have never had an even remotely decent striker in the last two decades, even when they had an amazing squad the striker was always trash. Last one I remember was Pauletta or something, absolute dross
Theres a thread for that kind of thing.
Jenas has the great ability to sound intelligent without really adding anything to the analysis.
Guerreiro is a complete defensive liability, Morocco don't even attempt to attack through our right side, they just get the ball near Guerreiro and they can get a chance.
We're not playing badly besides that, it would help if the ref started giving yellow cards so we can actually break on the counter without getting foul after foul. Morocco are playing very well, it's ridiculous how much energy they have. We can't win any second balls.
We're not playing badly besides that, it would help if the ref started giving yellow cards so we can actually break on the counter without getting foul after foul. Morocco are playing very well, it's ridiculous how much energy they have. We can't win any second balls.
He would score that one
Portugal are way too reliant on Ronaldo, it's a good thing he's clinical.
Morroco are bypassing their fullbacks and midfield for fun and they can't hold onto ball for longer than 10 seconds, creating nothing. Also, who played the pass which Guedes messed up? Only chance created by Portugal from open play and it fell to the wrong man.
Morroco are bypassing their fullbacks and midfield for fun and they can't hold onto ball for longer than 10 seconds, creating nothing. Also, who played the pass which Guedes messed up? Only chance created by Portugal from open play and it fell to the wrong man.
Why would I have to google her previous experience to come to the conclusion that the sound of her voice Reminds me Of someone experiencing their first football match ? It's the fact that, to me she sounds like everything is new to her. Like she's seeing everything with fresh eyes. She's too enthusiastic sounding about everything. That's all.
My God some people are really touchy about this. Explains the sensitivity around Evra doing nothing.
This game needs Gelson Martins, he should be on for Bernardo who isn't good at playing counterattacking football
Don’t think a single Portugal player has been anywhere near good.
Ronnie now has 86 international goals - most in European history. Only 23 to go to reach Ali Daei's record.
The André Silva i know wouldn't do better, being neutral.
Annoying female commentator. You dont HAVE to have a female commentator just for diversity sake.
There's always one isn't there, just because some prefer male commentary doesn't mean were fecking sexist for christ sake, this generation of sensitive sally's (or sensitive sam's) is getting out of control honestlyBunch of fecking babies complaining about female commentary like it’s 1996Get a grip
I don't think Evra did much of anything wrong at all, so I don't think it explains that in any way.
And in terms of people being touchy... More people enter the thread to say she's shit (for various reasons) than people seeking to praise her or pull people up on their criticism.
Clearly touchiness exists on both sides of the coin.
What??? Pauleta was an excellent striker, 279 goals in 527 club appearances and 47 goals in 88 appearances for the national team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauleta
He's on 85 actually. Amazing record
Arab teams with zero points so far, right? And I think only 2 goals scored (both penalties). Not a good tournament for them so far.
Tried looking for a clip of Vicky Sparks to hear the voice for myself but couldn't. Anyway, its probably the voice but also it being something different that people arent used to. It'll normalize with time. Also simply knowing your stuff isnt enough for commentary... the voice is probably the biggest part of it.
Morocco is all fart and no poo though. Great build up play, but it's not even like they have no finish. They dont even create the chance. They get in great positions then cant find anyone in the box. It's all around the box nothing actually on goal.
Morocco is all fart and no poo though. Great build up play, but it's not even like they have no finish. They dont even create the chance. They get in great positions then cant find anyone in the box. It's all around the box nothing actually on goal.
Pauleta had his moments for Portugal but he mostly ended up being disappointing in tournaments. He's one of my favourite players ever though.
If Portugal wins Ronaldo better stay away from Badr Hari
Morocco has a much better team than both Egypt and Tunisia but their mentality in being happy with good football without scoring is so poor and frustrating to watch. They also stopped playing second half against Iran and seems content with the way they attacked without scoring. Such mentality isn't going to drive any Arab team any way forward.
So Jamie Lannister rode off at the end of GoT to manage Morocco.
The way Portugal played wasn't made for Pauleta, I remember seeing him alone at front all the time.
My double Hervé having a word with the ref in the tunnel.
The bigger issue is someone letting that gimp Chris Stark harass Ricardo like this.
They are a ticking bomb waiting to go off.
Yeah the concern for the second half will be that they played this way against Iran - first half high press with lots of chances and didn't get anything. Then second half they were knackered, and Iran had more possession and controlled the game. This time around, they're playing Portugal and Ronaldo and co. are bound to get more chances now, particularly when they bring speedier players from the bench (Gelson Martins?) Can see a 3-0 or 4-0 coming up.
Bernardo Silva looks like Mata on his bad days out there
I think was a Brazilian journalist who said at that time Portugal would be world champions if wasn't football goals, after Ronaldo retires Portugal goes to the normal - Morocco's style, playing good and not scoring
Ronnie kicks a FGGuedes
What a balloon of a shot!
What an assist by Guedes!
Haha Ronaldo what a waste
Need some Benny hill music playing in that passage of play