Internationals March (World Cup Qualifiers + Friendlies)

SportingCP96

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FootballHQ said:
Just looking at Portugal squad ahead of the potential monumental play off v Italy....

Do they really have no other CBs apart from Pepe and Fonte? Both have combined age of 77 ffs. :lol:

Other defenders named are Dalot, Cedric Soares, Guerrerio, Mendes, Cancelo and Inacio who I presume must be a CB but is 20 and uncapped.

Who would actually play as CB if one of them picked up knocked v Turkey? I'm guessing William Carvalho would have to be placed there.

Interesting to think Ronaldo era likely ends if you don't make it through, Moutinho probably retires aswell.

Edit: Forgot Ruben Dias is injured.
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Danilo maybe will play CB. Inacio for some stupid reason is not playing.

Portugal are fecked and are not making the World Cup.

That win that was robbed from us away to Serbia will be the reason we don’t make the World Cup.
 

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As a Welshman, I wish I could say I was arsed about this.

First and quite possibly only World Cup I could ever see us qualify for and it's this oil money-bought and blood money-built farce coming up in the winter. Feck off.
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You'll have a shot at 2026 as there will be 16 qualifiers rather than 13.
 

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Dave Smith said:
You'll have a shot at 2026 as there will be 16 qualifiers rather than 13.
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Possibly but by God do we need to find a striker soon. Bale and Ramsey will be long gone by the next campaign and although we have some decent young attacking talent in midfield we only have Kieffer Moore as an actual target man and he is pushing 30, not to mention he gets carded every time he plays for the grievous offence of being 6'5" and having elbows.
 

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saivet said:
I think he ranks around 8th in the pecking order, with Walker, James, TAA, Trippier, KWP, Lamptey, and Livramento ahead of him. If Aarons had some good form I think he would be ahead of him too. Other options like B. Johnson and Ayling are surely behind him.
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50 million for England's 8th choice RB.
 

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I’m convinced Portugal will qualify over Italy. Don’t they always make it through the playoffs or is it one of those weird feelings
 

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Otávio?
Moutinho?
Diogo Costa?
Fonte?

Why on earth would Rui Patrício not start

Why would Otávio start Over Nunes.

Where is Inacio?

Moutinho has been semi retired already.

This midfield has zero balance.

The defense is what it is everyone is injured.

Strange strange lineup.


I’m sorry but once again, why the hell is Diogo Costa starting in such a game?
 
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SportingCP96 said:
What a fecking retarded with a capital R lineup.

Otávio?
Moutinho?
Diogo Costa?
Fonte?

Why on earth would Rui Patrício not start

Why would Otávio start Over Nunes.

Where is Inacio?

Moutinho has been semi retired already.

This midfield has zero balance.

The defense is what it is everyone is injured.

Strange strange lineup.


I’m sorry but once again, why the hell is Diogo Costa starting in such a game?
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No place on here for a word like that
 

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Half an hour to Wales v Austria :)

64 years since we were last there, missing out on USA94 still a little painful … had saved up, group of us planning to go :(

A reminder of how we got to Sweden58, the consequences and the nearly event.

Didn't actually qualify… unusual events gave us a second chance… very lucky to get it… almost beat Brazil (including an unknown 17 year old). And meant Jimmy Murphy not on Uniteds plane when it crashed :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60750889
 

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Do not like our lineup much(Sweden). Danielson as right back feels bad.

Olsson is way past it as well.

The attack is good, but fullbacks can cost us.

I think he went Danielson right back to defend set pieces mainly.

Hopefully Elanga can save us if needed.
 

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Paul_Scholes18 said:
Do not like our lineup much(Sweden). Danielson as right back feels bad.

Olsson is way past it as well.

The attack is good, but fullbacks can cost us.

I think he went Danielson right back to defend set pieces mainly.

Hopefully Elanga can save us if needed.
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Surprised Ibra is not on the bench, didn’t he recently get called back up ?
 

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Portugal getting all the time in the world here, Turkey look awful
 

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A lot of old legs in this Portugal team I do wonder if they’ll last the 90.
 

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SirAF said:
A very common reaction when he plays for Portugal. He’s fecking useless.
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Yeah would like to blame Fernando Santos as he's usually the problem but it's not like Jota doesn't get chances, his finishing just turns to absolute shit
 
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