Ronaldo vs. Suarez as Portugal takes on Uruguay | Pro Soccer Talk: 2022 World Cup | NBC Sports

Portugal vs. Uruguay Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Luis Suarez two veteran forwards who you know their best days may be behind them, but they are still capable of destroying Nick Mendola when all is said and done, eh, that battle we're waiting for. but I feel that a key battle in the midfield is a kind of Feddy Valverde against Bruno Fernández. I feel like fireworks could fly in that particular battle there at Benton Corps and you know, Bernardo Silva, there are some really good battles in this game between Portugal and Uruguay. I'm going to say, keep going, Reuben Octavio, this is turning out to be in a lot of these games where the teams have been tight, the midfield battle, are you controlling that part of the field?

Are you giving the ball to your attackers? That's what I think gives Portugal a bit of an advantage here, it's not just the distribution, it's guys like Bruno and Nevis who also want to shoot and I'm starting to think I slept too much on Portugal because of Ronaldo, honestly because I've seen what he's done and maybe I was also a little bothered by that interview with Manchester United before he, you know, but I think without realizing that it's not his team anymore and you know all those videos that say as if , you want him to contribute, something like we

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ed about Messi yesterday, but the other pieces that surround him are very good and if it weren't for the fact that I think Uruguay with Jiménez and some of his backs too, I mean Diego.

Godin is still working at his age, sometimes it will be a bit like Unstoppable Force, first immovable object, because I think Portugal will have its opportunities, but how good those opportunities will be, yes, that is. Andy, the key right, because we saw against Ghana that they work very well defensively, but, in the attack, Félix and Rafael in the end I want to say that they finished the game impeccably and in the end they did the job, but they probably won't have as many quality opportunities. Against Uruguay, given how stubborn they are, we saw it against South Korea.

I mean, it wasn't the best fluid display and Núñez and Cavani when he came on, Suárez barely touched the ball in that game and he was a typical Uruguay guy just playing. themselves in a tournament, we've been here with them before, haven't we? I think this is the game when we need to see them step up and take the game to Portugal, so it's a really interesting balancing act and Portugal maybe, like we said, with those other teams getting that first win in their first game can afford to be a little more cautious in this game compared to Uruguay, yes, I think that will be the approach for Portugal in this game. because Uruguay I think there's a lot more to come from this team, I think a lot of people have probably also underestimated them in this tournament and this matchup specifically, you know, looking at Danilo there in Portugal's backline is a The problem was in the first game and it's a big reason why they conceded two of the goals they conceded and that's why I look at the way the Uruguay team is built and the way they lined up in that first game.

You have two types of natural, true, lethal and dangerous centre-forwards on the pitch at all times: Darwin Núñez and Luis Suárez and Polistri, who you know offer something really good underneath that will pose a lot of problems for Portugal. I could see them. having to outplay every team playing in this tournament just to get results because of the way their defenses and so much talent in the midfield is not really defensive. The midfield talent is all on the ball, it's all technical, it's all a bit creative. and that's great, but when you don't have the ball and you don't have that kind of uh, you know, superstar defender back there and I know they have Reuben Diaz, but if you don't have that human eraser, you find yourself. in trouble, you know, I really want to see this game.

I really want to see Fetty Balboa, they celebrate a tackle like it was a goal again, like he did the other day. Well, then I love that guy, he's having a great season for Real Madrid and for him and Benton Court. I think they have simply gone unnoticed. You're right. People have fallen asleep with Uruguay. I know you two haven't gotten very far in this tournament, so this is it. It's a big game, although they need to at least point this out to prepare them for that big uh, I guess so, it's a grudge match against Ghana in the last group game, given what happened in the 2010 World Cup, so um, yeah.

Uruguay against Portugal is going to be very fun.