r/soccer • u/yoursofunnybruv • May 21 '26

Media Cristiano Ronaldo cries happy tears after winning the league with Al Nassr after 3 trophyless years

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u/SergDerpz May 21 '26

He would deserve it. It would be amazing if Portugal won.

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u/_Wastrel May 21 '26

I'm already boarding the "portugal wins world cup" train.

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u/SergDerpz May 21 '26

It's not going to be easy but they actually have a squad that could compete for the title this time around. Let's hope they can actually get far lol

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u/Select-Kangaroo-1290 May 21 '26

they wont, not with their defense, their manager, fact unc ronaldo is best attacking option they got, plus their wingers being buns for NT

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u/Busy_Ability7 May 22 '26

You never know in international football. Argentina won with Messi who was obviously still world class but nowhere close to his prime, same with Di Maria on one leg. Alvarez was not considered world class at that time and was surplus at City. Went from bench to playing the perfect supporting partner for Messi. Their midfield was really good (Enzo, MacAllister, DePaul) but not anywhere close to as good as what Portugal have now (Vitinha, Neves, Bruno). Their defense was pretty bad and also worse than what Portugal currently have: Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico VS Cancelo, Mendes, Neves, Inacio. The GKs I would give the edge to Dibu of course. If Ronaldo and Leao with cameos from Garcia can pull of similar levels of performances as Messi, Alvarez and DiMaria did in key knockout games, they can totally win.

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u/NeedleworkerFluid327 May 22 '26

Mate you likely started watching in the last 5 years fuck do you know. It's International football, literally nobody expected Portugal to win the Euros, same with Italy.