Orraloon Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 19 hours ago, Toepoke said: As with Greece I've no problem with how Portugal won the Euros (other than Ronaldo's pathetic attempts at scoring from every set piece). But under the typical group format they'd have been eliminated in the first round. As the guy says, a tournament that takes over a fortnight to lose a third of the teams is flawed IMO. That's just guesswork. In the last 15 mins against Hungary they sat back and settled for the draw. Ronaldo wasn't too happy about that plan but the instructions came from the manager. If they had needed to (ie if only 2 teams were to qualify from each group) they might have played more positive and gone for the winner. They settled for the draw knowing it was good enough to get them through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 5 hours ago, Orraloon said: That's just guesswork. In the last 15 mins against Hungary they sat back and settled for the draw. Ronaldo wasn't too happy about that plan but the instructions came from the manager. If they had needed to (ie if only 2 teams were to qualify from each group) they might have played more positive and gone for the winner. They settled for the draw knowing it was good enough to get them through. Could be true but that in turn justifies criticism of the format if it gives teams more opportunities to play within themselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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