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I still find it a bit of “small team” style to celebrate the defeat of others instead of the winning (specially being the most important trophy of football), but again, if you win such a trophy (and specially if you normally play in clubs that don’t win nothing) you are allowed to celebrate the way you like, no matter how jerk can it look. Those guys should get some kind of statues for bringing so much happiness to that many people

meh let him be jerk at will, he plays for Aston Villa this is the only time he gets to celebrate things. Plus I actually think there’s a love story behind this, only explanation for such obsession with Mbappe hehe

This make sense, those guys were supporting every team since the beginning haha

So after so many years, and after the miracle of 2016 Euro Championship, our coach, Mr Engineer (or “the engineer of draws” as we call him) is leaving Portuguese national team. Mourinho is now the one who’s the favorite to succeed him. Meanwhile, as the info spread around the country, this is how Portuguese reached on Fernando Santos departure

Mbappe, what a football player, so said he’s stuck in the French league he’s amazing

All this amazing tournament gets sadder when you think this is the last time you’re seeing the greatest football players from the past 15 years or so at their last time in a World Cup

There is no quota in pt obviously, and I remember when the first black players started to appear in the national team, I think in early 2000s, many people got racist about it, as in “what is this team? Angola or Cape Verde?” which I always found ironic because before Ronaldo our most iconic football player is someone black that was not even from Portugal (Eusebio, from Mozambique, which was Portuguese at that time but let’s be real, it was a colony), and people loved (and love) him like a god (he’s buried in our “heroes temple” in Lisbon together with kings and navigators). I think this is also because although we have a big black community, they’re concentrated in suburbs of Lisbon alone mostly (in my home town actually) so the rest of the country still finds it difficult to see it as normal. but I have to recognize that nowadays is much better, there are still those racism dudes , but less than before, I think.

As Portuguese who is aware of the reason why there are so many black people in Brasil , I’m gonna slowly get out of the conversation

This. I am very much used to it now and find it actually useful but using the famous "dutch directness" in Latin/Southern European countries is not recommended haha

Don’t say this to a Dutch. They are now stocking in fireworks so in 31st December all cities are bombarded to what looks like hell on earth . Dont believe me? Check this.

You don’t know him, but the guy who interviews him is the most annoying Portuguese sport reporter ever, no one can stand him and no one understands how he has his profession for so many years (I don’t know, 20 years maybe?). today before the match he just goes and say something like “let’s do like our first king did and kick out the moors” (Portugal, when it became independent from Spain, conquered our current territory from North African - moorish - people ) This is something I expect to hear in a football bar from some drunk/unhappy supporter, not from a reporter on national tv….

That is sad. Knowing how ambitious he is and having the reality slap on your face that your dream is definitely gone forever… hard to swallow that pill

Good thing from this is that I’m pretty sure it will end Fernando Santos era in Portugal, which might come together with Ronaldo’s as well. We have a new generation but always behind Ronaldo’s light, so it’s now time for these new guys to form a total new team.

It’s over then. I’m not sure now who to cheer as all times I liked got eliminated and there’s no team left I dislike (maybe england, but just because of the coming home thing)

Entering in the second half might happen yes. Scoring, not anymore at his age

Precisely this. Portugal never was the team to play good when they start loosing, specially if not playing with crowd support. also this goal reminded me of the Greek goal in euro 2004 final

Why so much hate for someone that is not even playing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Terrible first half, really boring, until the gk mistake which I think will now make the second half more interesting. still don’t have much hopes, Morocco is playing basically at home and they’re having very good defensive, really hard to find spaces. quire curious until where can this Morocco team go in this World Cup

Yeah I’m not having much luck in these quarter finals haha, next I better cheer for England instead

He will not

He should sit definitely. And he will not take it in a good way, which is ok, because no one is happy to be in the bench, especially when you are the Maradona of your nation. People just need to get this. He is still good in the locker room and maybe in the last 15 min to give that extra feeling in their teammates that “they can do it!”

What?

Well I don’t live in POR anymore but I follow the news and tweets and all, and I can summarize the past days prior to Morocco: - Ronaldo - Ronaldo did not celebrated with team mates! Shame! - Ronaldo actually celebrated and it was a lie. Shame on those who insult Ronaldo! - We must retire Ronaldo, he is horrible - Don’t disrespect Ronaldo! I prefer Ronaldo to play than Portugal to win (yes someone actually said this on live tv) - players being interviewed constantly asked about Ronaldo, answering “erg, please let’s stop talking about Ronaldo” This is worse because media love this kind of soap opera, specially one tv channel that many years ago got their micro thrown into a lake by Ronaldo (this tv channel is the worse you can imagine, making up lies of everyone) and now that he is old and not good anymore they are using this as revenge and keep talking about him (in a negative way) every minute. apart from that, I think the feeling is a nervous one , due to the motivation of Morocco and the due to the effects of all this stupid Ronaldo soap opera on the players.

I see many saying that the referee complains are ridiculous but i have to agree with Messi when he says this referee was horrible