Former coach Nepomniachtchi admitted that the game of Ronaldo impressed the players of the Portuguese national team.
MOSCOW, December 7 – RIA Novosti, Oleg Bogatov. The players of the Portuguese national team confidently defeated the Swiss team in the 1/8 final match of the World Cup, because the absence of the long-time leader Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting lineup liberated the players, there was the striker. Valery, the former head coach of the national teams of Cameroon and Uzbekistan, told RIA Novosti Nepomniachtchi that he had previously closed the match on his own.
On Tuesday, the Portuguese team beat the Swiss team with a score of 6:1 and advanced to the 1/4 finals of the tournament. Ronaldo took the field with a score of 5:1 in the 74th minute. Before facing the Swiss, Portuguese head coach Fernando Santos said that Ronaldo remained on the bench for this match for tactical reasons.
The agency’s interlocutor said, “And there is no doubt that the Portuguese national team consists of top players. Even without Ronaldo, the team is now a fighting unit. “At the same time, there is no answer to the question of what happened to the I Swiss team. There was absolutely no movement in the team. The Swiss quickly pulled the rope of the game. lost, and even in such a highly experienced and adult team there was confusion. Of course – or Switzerland was very bad or Portugal was very good.”
Source: Ria
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