More mistakes than Cristiano

There was no story because there was no Güler or there wasn’t enough of him. And there was no story, because one team, the Portuguese, came to the EuroCup to take it home, and the other, the Turkish, knows that every match is Russian roulette. between his bold attack and careless defense. Portugal is already first, there is one game left, and Turkey will have to continue its agony against the Czechs.

This Portuguese team with an abundance of time and a lack of urgency, a team that Roberto Martinez is building on the basis of the classic style and the future style, can survive winds and tides, hurricanes and storms. In a Dortmund stadium filled with Turks, a little Istanbul that painted the stands red instead of the usual yellow, Cristiano’s men endured a grueling initial display of passion and pride that Turkey were then determined to win without breaking a sweat.

The Turkish team has always been more euphoric than practical, and with Montella they were unable to reduce this excess of adrenaline. The coach tried, if it was intentional, to leave Arda Güler, a real phenomenon of the moment in the country, on the bench. He showed a fatigue that would not have helped him out of the final anyway, but rather from much of the second game, in which it is easier to manage expectations, time, the future.

Portugal won because of skill, quality and because they always went with the flow. I would have changed the script if Akturkoglu had done a little better in the first big splash when he floundered after beating Cancelo. Or if Diogo Costa had not made the saving leg when Portugal had already indicated on the scoreboard a distance and cruising speed it had not found before. The difference between great teams and the rest is that when they need to get a score, they don’t mess around.

In fact, in the first dangerous moment, the first when Nuno Mendes joined the attack, Bernardo Silva passed the Portuguese with surgical precision. You have to ask a City player for poison, and even more so in this team, where he constantly enters the zone. Behind him are the midfielders who give him this freedom.

Stupid goal and sentence

Cristiano moved and tried everything. He is so enthusiastic that he still commands the respect he has earned from two decades of scoring goals in his opponents. If not, it doesn’t explain the breakdown Akaidin had when he felt the Madeira player was attacking space when he wasn’t.

His pass towards the goal took Baindir out of position, who couldn’t imagine making a pass behind his teammate. Alevins’ goal, a goal that is not allowed even in schools. Cancelo and Cristiano celebrated, despite the fact that a few seconds earlier they had blamed each other for not understanding the markings, and the other for not understanding the pass.

The outcome of the own goal plus the replacement of Arda Güler, whom the Turks constantly asked from the stands, forced Turkey, which is a vulgar team without passion, to outshine itself. Portugal took advantage of the fact that the beast was well tied to play with fate. Roberto Martinez sent off booked Rafael Lean and Palinha to introduce Pedro Neto and Ruben Neves.

In the absence of an opponent, Cristiano’s goal was to score a goal at his sixth European Championship. He managed to do so with a nice deep goal, but in a sign of greatness he handed the goal to Bruno Fernandes, who came with him to celebrate his teammate’s historic goal rather than score it himself. The crowd thanked him, understanding that the European Cup is won by teams, and details like these help assemble a team superior to its star.

By the time Güler arrived, the party was liquidated and became completely Portuguese. It was 20 minutes, no more, very little for a man who promised to play a major role in the duel of generations with Cristiano. It will have to be again, or not, because one thing begins and another ends, although that says a lot for someone who, in addition to knowing that he is eternal, right now has the escort of a team that has more errors than him.

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