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Originally Posted by NJ10
Was very impressed with Portugal. Especially Joao Moutinho & Pepe. In Pepe & Carvalho you have perhaps the best centre half pairing in the world at the moment, both so good at reading the game, both strong and quick, and both so assured on the ball.
I thought Nuno Gomes did ok as the lone striker, he got a bit of stick in the English press but he hit the woodwork twice and his return pass for Pepe's goal was excellent. Moutinho was MotM for me, just a great all round performance from him, culminating in a great piece of skill and awareness for Raul Meireles' goal (great first touch from Meireles too). Ronaldo did well in patches, at times he seemed to be trying to do a bit too much, ran up a couple of blind alleys but in the form he has, you can't argue. I was a bit disappointed with Deco, i thought he was very wasteful on the ball, his long passing was ok but he gave away plenty of good positions by being careless.
Was really surprised to see Quaresma not used, was that a shock to Portuguese fans?
Btw that challenge from Mehmet Aurelio on Nani was disgusting. First replay i saw, it looked like he had broken his leg. Thankfully not.
Portugal have a real chance.
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pretty accurate assessment of the match you have, I just watched it again
(without being drunk like I was when I watched it live!)
anyways, yes alot of Portuguese fans were surprised Quaresma isnt used. We have tremendous depth in that position but hopefully Quaresma gets a chance to play soon he is a talented player.