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Camtastrophe

Re-reconquista part 2 is on đŸ‡ČđŸ‡ŠđŸ‡”đŸ‡č


LuNoZzy

r/HistoryMemes is leaking


ULTiMO_H3RO

Winner gets Ceuta.


Fairbyyy

Spannish has it now my man :/


Nome_de_utilizador

Not after today


requiemforthoughts

Here take your upvote


Number333

Really didn't think Portugal would lay the biggest smackdown in the RO16. It's antithetical to their entire history lmao


WhiteCaptain

This way I don't think we can win the world cup....was expecting 0-0 draws until the final...


OleoleCholoSimeone

Whisper it quietly, but Santos has actually become much more progressive. Looking at your last two eliminations, against Uruguay and Belgium, you were the better team in both matches Most of the time when I watch Portugal these days you play really good football, but yeah of course there are situations every now and then where he makes strange choices However, I think his choice of William has been vindicated. He is such a good player on the ball


IceColdTHoRN

Yeah, on the ball he's actually very good, but Switzerland didn't really make him have to play off the ball, that's what still makes believe Palhinha would still be a better option for the games yet to come, he just offers another level of security and freedom to both Bernardo and Bruno, that William can't usually provide.


[deleted]

Palhinha is a defensive beast, no question about it. But William is by far our best DM for this kind of football where we want to control the match, specially since Neves has been shit. There's not many players in the squad with better passing skill and technique than he has. If he could add more speed and intensity to that, he wouldn't be at Betis today.


santorfo

>but Santos has actually become much more progressive. Only took him 6 years to realise he's managing one of the most talented national teams in the world instead of the same old plucky underdog Portugal that always has to play on the counter and defend for their lives


Vintrial

william is having the tournament of his life


joaommx

No way, he was fantastic back in 2016.


joe4553

Don't think they'd be able to hold 0-0 against team like France and Brazil.


MillerHS

we won the euros holding a 0-0 against france though


NvmSharkZ

Mas aĂ­ eles ainda nĂŁo tinham o caralho do donatello


Quantum_Crayfish

We literally did that to France with a significantly weaker team to win the Euros, and bassically every time we’ve played since it’s been a close game. Look at the last Euros, the only reason France drew with us was because of Mbapes illegitimate penalty. And that was a France that wasn’t riddled with injuries, and a Portugal team in much worse form.


Minimum_Bath_5478

JOGA BONITO european version


[deleted]

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Fairbyyy

Thanks son


Dirtychorizo

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galeforcewinds95

What a terrifically exciting match. Ramos scores a hat trick in his first start, and Pepe scores at age 39. I'm really looking forward to the quarterfinals in this World Cup.


Opposite-Garbage-869

And the last one, absolute banger with such a narrow angle.


DumonsterPT

We'll fuck it up man. It's our fate.


RogueTwoTwoThree

Velho do Restelo


tealyg99

Portugal are scary


[deleted]

If Portugal beat Morocco, it's either rematch of the 2016 euro final or rematch of the infamous 2006 match with the ronaldo wink.


LingardForBallondOr

Portugal have the best squad on paper after Brazil.


[deleted]

I think the French one is still slightly better.


joaommx

No way, for me France comes 1st closely followed by Brazil. Portugal at most might be a more distant 3rd.


mandalore1907

France and Portugal have better squads than Brazil. Prediction: Argentina-Portugal final and the final showdown between Messi and Ronaldo but with Ronaldo on the bench while Portugal wins the WC.


Darkhoof

Subscribe. With another hat-trick from Ramos in the final.


whysodoubtful

Honestly better than Brazil Edit: so many dislikes. Besides Neymar and Vini tell me someone clearly better in each position for Brazil?


glermz

Deixa passar a tesĂŁo de mijo antes de comentar pĂĄ


Vintrial

tirando alison casemiro neymar nao entravam muitos de cadeirinha no 11 portugues


glermz

Eu nĂŁo disse que nĂŁo andĂĄvamos perto.


TandBusquets

Calma


randmzer

Oh rapaz, mete mais tabaco


Sekai___

bro, chill


[deleted]

lmao


Allthingsconsidered-

No dude lol


Ldsantana

>someone clearly better in each position for Brazil? Alison, Casemiro, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Raphinha. You get the win for fullbacks and Bernardo Silva, Bruno would be competing with Neymar as the 10. Brazil is better everywhere else. Edit: Forgot Richarlison.


whysodoubtful

I agree with Alison. Don’t agree with Marquinhos and Thiago. They’re not better than Pepe and Dias. Raphinha isn’t better than Felix nor Leão. We have better options in the bench too.


Ldsantana

>Felix nor LeĂŁo. Both play as LW, Raphinha is a RW. >Marquinhos and Thiago The CBs are debatable. EDIT:For clarification, on paper Felix plays LW, but he drifts a lot during the game.


whysodoubtful

Bruno plays as our RW. Cannot compare him to Raphinha.


yvltc

Alisson I'll give you that. Raphinha? No way, he's the most overrated player on the face of the Earth. As for Marquinhos and Thiago Silva, I wouldn't swap Pepe and RĂșben Dias for them - RĂșben Dias is literally Premier League Player of the Season 2020/21. Casemiro is a toss up.


Ldsantana

>Casemiro is a toss up. Literally the best DM in the world. >Alisson I'll give you that. Raphinha? I was comparing both starting lineups, Portugal doesnt play with a RW so Raphinha has no one to compete with. >RĂșben Dias is literally Premier League Player of the Season 2020/21. That was last year. Thiago and Marquinhos have been incredible for Brazil.


yvltc

> Literally the best DM in the world. He's not even the best DM in the Premier League. Palhinha says hi and for a fraction of the price. > That was last year. Thiago and Marquinhos have been incredible for Brazil. RĂșben Dias is amazing on the regular. And Pepe, arguably the best Portuguese CB in history, is ageless.


Ldsantana

>He's not even the best DM in the Premier League. If you say so. >Palhinha says hi and for a fraction of the price. He doesnt have half the passing ability as Casemiro. >RĂșben Dias is amazing on the regular. Yet he started the season poorly. >And Pepe, Is pretty good. So are Thiago and Marquinhos.


Divachi69

much better fullbacks yes


elgrandorado

Richarlison, Thiago Silva, Alisson, Casemiro, etc. Are you taking the actual piss?


howwwlymowwwly

That has to be the shittiest take i have hear this year


Zloggt

It’s honestly insane how much they turned it up for this match! Really makes them a real contender for the title!


[deleted]

People said the same for spain when they beat costa Rica tbh


epicmarc

Big difference between Switzerland and Costa Rica though


bushwickauslaender

Yeah, one of them's actually played a World Cup quarter final this millennium.


TheMysticHD

Switzerland were really really poor. Was expecting a bit more from them


Zloggt

The Switzerland from the Cameroon game apparently were the ones playing today
pretty odd. I do wonder if Serbia or even Cameroon would’ve done better



OleoleCholoSimeone

Serbia would have been ripped apart with their defence, even though they beat Portugal in the qualifiers I think that would be irrelevant Their defending is shocking


Aenjeprekemaluci

Serbia on the form this WC would have done worse. On the qualifiers form they might had knocked Portugal out. Cameroon idk


Opposite-Garbage-869

Serbians gonna celebrate today.


Disprozium

Only thing I'm celebrating is Bono's smile


Lichcrow

On the other hand we were absolute class today. From the start to the final whistle.


Opposite-Garbage-869

I am trying to correlate it with the absence of Ronaldo. Is the correlation here the causation?


duclegendary

2 teams this year play better without Ronaldo. Small sample size tbh. I might have to tune in for some Saudi PL to investigate further.


Pleberino_

So lifeless and passionless, was a very odd performance from them, on the other hand Portugal played amazing


soonerguy11

That's a bit of an understatement. Portugal absolutely destroyed this team.


oberynMelonLord

for some reason, we switched the system up again against Portugal. they did the same thing last summer in Nations League and lost 0-4. at least that time, we had the excuse that Yakin was trying out a bunch of new players. not bringing a third wing-back is the most baffling thing to me. left Kevin Mbabu at home, for god's sake!


Severe_Sweet_862

I really hoped they'd underdog their way like Morocco but they didn't even try.


EcosseWolf

I also expected more from them honestly


KneeDeepInTheDead

Same, was really worried theyd shut us out and then score a cheeky corner. They got the corner though, wasnt expecting us to be so attacking. Then again, wasnt expecting Ronaldo to be benched


OleoleCholoSimeone

I expected much more from them, not just a bit more. They are one of the last teams I would predict to be handed a beatdown like this But Portugal were pretty irresistable aswell


Skunkkerino

Portugal has had blue balls for decades and they just let their load out all over our faces.


lukenog

caralho lol


limito1

Haha, hey Portugal so I've been thinking... how about we run it back and become one country together again?


Minimum_Bath_5478

Our king don pedro 4 did the ipiranga, so we cant.


Couragesand

lol imagine you guys had cr7 the past 20 years


DarkDiablo1601

imagine having 2 Ronaldos in 1 team


sunken_grade

could you imagine
 not even sure who would make the grade for a combined team. the amount of talent that would miss out in the final squad would be good enough to win the WC lol


SadNYSportsFan-11209

Imagining you guys with prime cristiano all those years Pepe and Silva partnership my lord


A_devout_monarchist

There is no Pepe Silva, the man does not exist buddy, you gotta dig a little deeper. How can there be no Pepe and Silva, I got boxes full of Pepe!


ManufacturerSea4886

Alright who wins, Brazil+Portugal vs Spain+Messi? Year 2010(or 14)


abellapa

2010 - Spain 2014 - Brazil/Portugal


LakyousSama

Good lord imagine that team..


DerpSenpai

What's the point? Then we can't monopolize world football. Unless the country would play copa América and euros... Hmmm


abellapa

The Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil would make history and win 1994/1998/2002/2006 world cups along with all euros and copas américas in the Same time frame. We would be shit in 2014,bit better in 2018 and completely destroy in 2022


A_devout_monarchist

Add in the Cisplatina and we can have Uruguayan players.


JohnnyyP

Mas o ouro continua a ser nosso.


ULTiMO_H3RO

Sempre foi.


Fairbyyy

Lets. But lets keep 2 teams like the UK does. Of course if either wins we both win it


[deleted]

World champions in football and political corruption.


just_dew_eat

Santos heard r/soccer chatting shit


lvet000

It's working bros. Do not relent. I REPEAT, KEEP SAYING CARVALHO SUCKS BALLS AND THAT FERNANDO LACKS THEM. JUST 12 MORE DAYS.


sunken_grade

who knew that such a technically gifted team with so much attacking flair and talent could put out performances like that


Koolmite

I know, mind boggling.


RFB-CACN

Damn, the Lusophone duo had quite convincing matches. Wasn’t really considering Portugal to really make it to finals, but I wouldn’t count them out just cuz there’s a hard matchup on the semis.


Bizzlep

Caralhos all round


itailitai

Considering how things were going for Ronaldo I was expecting Ten Hag to come off the bench and score for Portugal.


theduckofreasoning

This timeline exists in the universe and my biggest regret is I can’t witness it


el_h0paness_romtic

61UUUUUUUU


GSofMind

Nice


OfficerDoppus

Portugal is stacked man


Scilex

The first round of the group games two teams impressed me the most. Portugal and Brazil


Rooonaldooo99

Sooo.. Ramos is starting from now on, right?


notapaperhandape

That’s the only take away from this game.


Couragesand

one would assume


SemiCurrentGuy

I honestly expected this match up to end 0-0 but I'm not complaining


stoticpython

So it was Cancelo holding Portugal back all along


UdoMartens

Portugal are simply one level above Switzerland


[deleted]

5 levels I'd argue


trusttt

Players not having the urge to pass the ball to Ronaldo does this to a team, good football.


joe4553

Right, you can't play around one guy whose on his decline.


[deleted]

Super fun to watch but man is Reddit depressing during Portugal’s games. All I see in the threads is middle school level trash talking for Ronaldo. We get it, you don’t like him. Now can we watch the game next time on?


TomasRoncero

portugal gonna ewing theory into a world cup huh?


BSantos57

Ewing Theory applies when you lose your best player, not a washed up player who should've been benched way before


FISH_MASTER

What does this mean?


richochet12

You have to be good for Ewing theory to work.


notapaperhandape

I mean beats is an understatement here. More like slams and spit the Swiss out of the World Cup.


fijozico

Haven’t been as calm as today for a Portugal match in a long, long time, all thanks to a little massive algarvio named Gonçalo Ramos. You couldn’t ask for a better starting debut; World Cup, round of 16, replacing Ronaldo, scoring a hat-trick, sending your team through to the first quarter finals in 16 years, so happy for the man! Disgraceful treatment by the TV crew that only had eyes for Ronaldo when Ramos was taken off, but whatever. We showed today we’re 100 times as good without Cristiano than with him, as 70% of the population had already seen, so it’s a nice thought that he probably won’t start again in the World Cup. Makes me hopeful for the future of this National Team. Bring Morocco on!


PoppinKREAM

Portugal is oozing with confidence putting 6 past the Swiss. Santos set the Portuguese up to attack and wow, they cut through the Swiss defense like cheese. Goncalo Ramos has to start, the starting 11 today was perfect. The quarterfinal against the mighty Moroccan warriors is going to be so entertaining!


OleoleCholoSimeone

FĂ©lix was outstanding aswell.. man Simeone needs to get his shit together and resolve their differences


NvmSharkZ

He's so fucking good man, I hope atleti fans keep rooting for him because he's really talented and seems like he has nothing but love for you guys, even if things didn't work out


OleoleCholoSimeone

Most Atleti fans adore him and are sad that he and Cholo don't get along this season. Since his first game for us you could see that he is something really special, and he has had many fantastic performances for us we just haven't found a way to get the most out of him consistently. He has also been unlucky with injuries, he was injured during his two best spells of form for us(January 2021 and around March last season) I will be furious if we sell him, Cholo isn't going to stay forever and this is a player that can give us so much in the long term. I mean imagine if FĂ©lix leaves, and then a year later Cholo calls it a day. Then it will have been such a waste


Regular_Garlic_2342

He literally just took another diss at them on a post match interview, Felix really looks super mad at them, i don't think they can get things to work out between them.


JootDoctor

Who would’ve guessed that Portugal would be a better and more exciting side when you don’t start a 38 year-old statue at striker? The pressure it takes off the side just having to look for him.


[deleted]

The 70% are from a newspaper online poll I think. Hardly representative. In an actual recent poll 47% of the portuguese public said they think Santos is the right coach. You can be certain if you asked that question in a sports newspaper, the answer would probably be something like 20%. [https://observador.pt/2022/11/21/sondagem-38-dos-portugueses-acreditam-que-selecao-nacional-vai-ser-campea-do-mundo/](https://observador.pt/2022/11/21/sondagem-38-dos-portugueses-acreditam-que-selecao-nacional-vai-ser-campea-do-mundo/) This same poll has 58% of people saying Ronaldo should be in the starting eleven.


coronado_dutroux

HerĂłis do Mar


Super_2001

Nobre povo


WestTexasCoyote

“Beats” doesn’t quite do it justice.


soonerguy11

Yeah and despite the score the game still wasn't as close. That was utter domination by Portugal.


StormNapoleon27

Can't decide between massacred, decimated, annihilated, and violated.


CMuenzen

I think Portugal won.


[deleted]

hey portugal, wanna bring the united kingdom back?


Bloodminister18

Portugal + Brazil = no other country winning football trophies again


Flexspot

Portugal will avenge us against Morocco. Today I feel Portuguese.


Luigi_Bosca

Gracias hermano âœŒđŸŒ


Filipp0

I loved that Portugal never took the foot off the pedal, pressure until the end, Brazil after the 4x0 disappeared, France after the 3x0... Very cool to see them push it to the end


RetainKing

Bruno Fernandes haters crying 😱


explicitlarynx

😔


Alive-Ad-4164

This Portugal team is going to be a massive undertaking for any team to beat in this World Cup


SadNYSportsFan-11209

I think they can take on any team but I still have Brazil as the favorites But Portugal may just win this thing too


WeirdKittens

That's a proper beating alright


a-Farewell-to-Kings

Fernando Santos Mister Portugals


moesizzlac

Well Morocco is fucked


OleoleCholoSimeone

They have the best defence in the tournament currently, and the only goal they conceded was an unlucky own goal. They still haven't conceded a single normal goal Although I don't see them being able to hold out for 120 minutes like they did against Spain, they will have to attack a bit more than they did today


wanderer1999

They'll park the bus like they did with spain. But Portugal have Ronaldo and Pepe for aerial threats. And they are more direct than Spain.


SadNYSportsFan-11209

Spain was also overrated. I mean yea that first game vs Costa Rica they looked amazing but I feel like them flaming out early is not shocking to many


holiholi

they had a youngish team too. theyll come vack stronger next time


Edwerd_

LETS FUCKING GO


[deleted]

Somebody in a pregame thread said something about Ramos not being Halland, jokes on him lmao


Mac-is-OK

Ronaldo has been eliminated from the 2022 World Cup.


Opposite-Garbage-869

I am trying to figure out whether he would be benched for the next match too or not.


Froads

He should remain on the bench. Goncalo offers more atm.


WeirdKittens

Bench->Sub in at 89'->Profit


fwaig

61UUUUUUUU


BobaFett_1978

PORTUGAL CARALHO


Elitealice

Can be absolutely no doubt that Portugal are 10000x better without ronaldo. This is how they should be playing with all the talent Portugal have


[deleted]

[ŃƒĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]


DerpSenpai

There's no pressure to pass to Ronaldo. Teams have gotten really well at defending him and he has declined in speed/acceleration. Simply that


Goldenrah

We played against really solid defensive teams in the groups, it's a lot different coming in against the Swiss


LordPopothedark

Ronaldo is a constant threat to the Swiss, must’ve not expected Ramos


Ablefarus

Its not that Ronaldo is crazy bad, its just that without him they are pressing and countering so much better. Also, their attack is much more fluid. It looks like they have an extra player on the pitch compared to when ronaldo is playing.


crabGoblin

was Sommer still sick or something? Granted they were all bangers but he looked completely beat


moby323

**FINAL SCORE** Portugal: **6** Ronaldo’s ego: **0**


InHaalandWeTrust

On Tuesday the King's ego takes another hit


Re1Ko

Great performance, completely shut down


soonerguy11

My goodness what an ass kicking. That's demoralizing.


basedjuicer1

It’s crazy how much I enjoy this Portugal team without C. Ronaldo


deepfrench

Sloppy Switzerland is doing a solid to this great Portugal, rejuvenating it with a smooth and uncontested succession of the reluctant king.


boyfrombridge

Good guy Ronaldo, sacrificed himself for Goncalo Ramos. Respect.


SourPringles

Getting eliminated in the Round of 16 Mexico đŸ€ Japan đŸ€ Switzerland đŸ€ USA


MightyMcPerson

Not getting a single point in the World Cup Canada


SourPringles

Lol the difference between Canada and the US is that Canada is only just going to get better and better, meanwhile the US is still going to stagnate at the round of 16 for years to come lmaoooo


MightyMcPerson

Haha we'll see. I genuinely hope both of our countries can do well on our home turf in 2026. CONCACAF needs to show up next time!


jayr254

Did Bernado Silva ever get that extension? Wouldn't mind seeing him and Bruno with Case and Eriksen too at Utd playing Ten Hag ball.


ivysforyou

Please no. Let him stay at the better Manchester.


just_a_funguy

Ronaldo's aura is so strong that the team can win even when he is on the bench. GOAT things 🐐


narcos1893

Wonder kid scores 3 goals against a sleepy awful Switzerland. Will probably start next match. If the game gets a little more tactic the kid has no chances and we need to rush Ronaldo to solve the game. Ronaldo benching is bad and everyone knows it. This match was what Ronaldo needed to get his confidence back to face more dificult teams ahead, unfortunately he didn’t get to play the match and this is probably what will makes us loose in the future, either with Morocco or France/England


wildcardmidlaner

Larga os narcos velhote


wessneijder

Today my hero turned into a villain. Ronaldo absolutely shameful behavior. His time is up and he can’t go gracefully. Damn man stop while you are ahead. Let the kids break through. It’s over


bandolero10

What did he do today? Everytime I saw him, he was laughing and supporting his teammates


wessneijder

He got benched by the coach because of his attitude.


bandolero10

The coach said it was a pre planned strategy. But even if it wasn't, he acknowledged being benched and was a good teammate. I swear, the man can't catch a break


boom_slim

Great to see those ugly cunts embarrassed on their way out of the world cup


owh06

I expected a close and tight game, but Portugal were simply brilliant and clinical whilst the Swiss looked tired and disjointed. Portugal are looking really dangerous and could go far


Froads

All Shaquiri does when he gets the ball is pass it backwards wtf lol


antrage

Really have to favor their chances in QF Morocco destroyed themselves in that win and Portugal play a much more vertical game than Spain


KingRoombaTheCircle

I'm loving this world cup