Portugal v Ghana – Thu 24th Nov, 16:00 | Group H | World Cup 2022

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Portugal
Portugal have 3 City lads that we all love and normally would be hoping that they do well but they've also got a couple of players that ruin all that. After the news that he’s left United, no doubt the pre-match is going to turn into the Ronaldo show. I hope our lads do well but I’m not sure I want Portugal going far in this tournament.

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Portugal’s form this year has been solid enough, it wasn’t enough to top their Nation’s League group but they were close. They didn’t have a good World Cup Qualification, it took play-off matches against Turkey and North Macedonia to make it to Qatar.

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Ghana
Ghana are back at the World Cup, this is their 4th appearance in the last 5 after missing the last one in Russia. Their squad isn’t as recognisable as we’ve been used to seeing in the past but they are strengthened by the recent acquisitions of Tariq Lamptey and Inaki Williams. Mohammed Kudus is someone to watch, he’s been playing well for Ajax.

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Ghana have only won 3 of their 14 games this year and 2 of those were against Madagascar and Nicaragua. They had a poor AFCON getting knocked out in the group stages but they managed to overcome Nigeria in the World Cup playoffs. They’ll be hoping to pull off one of those World Cup shocks that seem to be on offer in the opening days of this World Cup.

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Supporting Ronaldo and Portugal for the World Cup. Its important not to peak too early (Spain? England?). Just focus on unspectacular but solid professional victories in the group stage. Blood as many players as possible, especially if the last group game turns out meaningless. Ideally start with 4-3-3. Sub Ronaldo in the 60th minute when he gets tired.
Ghana - they'd be a tier 3 team in Europe. No good attackers, not really solid, they should be beatable.
Uruguay - Ageing defense, Valverde is excellent as a box-to-box harasser but midfield lacks creativity to split defenses, not really fast in transitions, Nunez is likely to be shifted out wide to accommodate one of ageing Suarez/Cavani.
South Korea - Fast in transition, high-pressing team, some fairly decent players distributed across defense/midfield/attack, banana peel kind of game but it won't matter if we win our first 2 games.
 
ilrm said:
Supporting Ronaldo and Portugal for the World Cup. Its important not to peak too early (Spain? England?). Just focus on unspectacular but solid professional victories in the group stage. Blood as many players as possible, especially if the last group game turns out meaningless. Ideally start with 4-3-3. Sub Ronaldo in the 60th minute when he gets tired.
Ghana - they'd be a tier 3 team in Europe. No good attackers, not really solid, they should be beatable.
Uruguay - Ageing defense, Valverde is excellent as a box-to-box harasser but midfield lacks creativity to split defenses, not really fast in transitions, Nunez is likely to be shifted out wide to accommodate one of ageing Suarez/Cavani.
South Korea - Fast in transition, high-pressing team, some fairly decent players distributed across defense/midfield/attack, banana peel kind of game but it won't matter if we win our first 2 games.
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You're cheering Ronaldo for the world cup? Think you're on the wrong forum.
I'm hoping Portugal go out in the group stage. Get the core of our team back asap
 
ilrm said:
Supporting Ronaldo and Portugal for the World Cup. Its important not to peak too early (Spain? England?). Just focus on unspectacular but solid professional victories in the group stage. Blood as many players as possible, especially if the last group game turns out meaningless. Ideally start with 4-3-3. Sub Ronaldo in the 60th minute when he gets tired.
Ghana - they'd be a tier 3 team in Europe. No good attackers, not really solid, they should be beatable.
Uruguay - Ageing defense, Valverde is excellent as a box-to-box harasser but midfield lacks creativity to split defenses, not really fast in transitions, Nunez is likely to be shifted out wide to accommodate one of ageing Suarez/Cavani.
South Korea - Fast in transition, high-pressing team, some fairly decent players distributed across defense/midfield/attack, banana peel kind of game but it won't matter if we win our first 2 games.
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Ronaldo is a complete and utter prick. Why would anyone still support him?!

You watch today, every time he does something, every time something happens, he's there looking at the big screens,. seeing if he is on it. He's about him, not about his team. And I suspect Portugal might actually suffer from having him in their team today.

I like good players and he is one of the best ever, but I also prefer less self important people, players who can perform at the same level, yet still be a decent human being. Messi = goat, Pele = goat, Ronny = goat in his head.
 
ilrm said:
Supporting Ronaldo and Portugal for the World Cup. Its important not to peak too early (Spain? England?). Just focus on unspectacular but solid professional victories in the group stage. Blood as many players as possible, especially if the last group game turns out meaningless. Ideally start with 4-3-3. Sub Ronaldo in the 60th minute when he gets tired.
Ghana - they'd be a tier 3 team in Europe. No good attackers, not really solid, they should be beatable.
Uruguay - Ageing defense, Valverde is excellent as a box-to-box harasser but midfield lacks creativity to split defenses, not really fast in transitions, Nunez is likely to be shifted out wide to accommodate one of ageing Suarez/Cavani.
South Korea - Fast in transition, high-pressing team, some fairly decent players distributed across defense/midfield/attack, banana peel kind of game but it won't matter if we win our first 2 games.
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Ideally don't play him at all if they want to win anything. He's crap.

Personally, I hope Portugal go out at the group stages. Give Bernardo, Dias and Cancelo a rest before the real football starts again.

Their group isn't too tricky though so I suspect they'll make the last 16 or 8.
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
Ideally don't play him at all if they want to win anything. He's crap.
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Hard to tell whether he was saving himself for the WC or has depression or has he genuinely fallen off a cliff ... he was the 3rd highest scorer in the PL and to suddenly become one of the worst in the league is astounding. I'll reserve judgement until the group stages are done.
Interestingly in 1970, Pele was also in a similar situation where the Military government had to intervene to put him in the squad.
 
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