World cup

[Kylian]

Portugal midfield wasn't in cooperation with their goat 

[maxxv30j]

excited for this

[homwyy4]

felt that dsconnect big time in the last tournament they had

[zylenlyn]

maybe it was ronaldo not tracking back either

[Nylosrel89]

Ronaldo dropping depe so often is just him losing faith in the service.

[joe Johnson]

Messi is hardly tracking back, the guy doesn't have the capacity anymore 

[spicyjackie]

yeah portugal looked off in teh middle ngl, goat was droppin deep becuase nobody was linking up ?

[doseevelle966]

I remember watching that match and just shouting at the screen because nobdoy seemed to make a run when Ronaldo held the ball up. It really felt like two different teams on the pitch that night, the midfield was just watching instead of moving into space.

[vaelora]

The disconnect wasnt even subtle honestly, their double pivot basically refused to play forward and it stranded the whole attack.

[Xorna]

felt like they were scared to pass forward honestly, every ball was sideways

[vynmia]

Honestly it was painfull to watch, the midfielders would rather recycle possession forever than risk a through ball. I still think if they gave Vitinha more minutes it wouldve unlocked something, he actually likes playing those quick one twos.

[Nasiliyee519]

Watching Vitinha sit on the bench while Bruno kept droping deep just to touch the ball was infuriating honestly. A more direct midfielder like Vitinha would have at least looked for thhose quick 1 2s in the final third instead of the sideways passing we got all tournament.

[nalorynerra]

It was like they had no idea what to do in the final third and just froze up, I still think João Neves would have added that spark they were missing.

[clotenast]

Honestly I think the midfield cooperated fine but they just lacked the quality to break down a compact block, it was more about tactical setup than them ignoring Ronaldo. If the double pivot is forced to sit deep and cover the fullbacks you cant really expect them to thread risky passes every time.

[fakashi]

ronaldo still the goat but the system aint built for him anymore tbh ?

[lorelyn7]

nah i think the midfield knew what they were doing, the real issue was the lack of off ball movement from the forwrd line, ronaldo included, which left them with zero options. you can have all the passing range in the world but if no one is making runs you just end up with that sidewaays nonsense

[luxuriantly45]

the whole "not in cooperation with their goat" bit is funny cause it felt like the midfielders were almost scared to make a mistake instead of just playing their game, like they forgot you still need runners even if ronaldos up top