With one of the most luxurious lineups in recent years, Portugal beat North Macedonia in the final knockout round to advance to the inner rounds despite stumbling all the way through qualifying and even being beaten by Serbia in a crucial attacking battle.
Rui is the best result for Portugal in the world. Costa, Figo's generation of golden generation players created the 2006 semi-final, although it was later C. '16. Ronaldo led the team to the top of Europe, but Portugal, always lacked a world champion to endorse their two players.
This year, with a trio of stars from the old, the middle and the young, Portugal will still be one of the favorites to win the tournament.
However, the teams to face in Group H, Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea, are all leaders in their respective continents. Being the top team in the group of death, whether Portugal will have an easy time getting through customs or every bloodbath will also affect their promotion trend.
After joining the team in '14, Santos and C. Ronaldo have developed a strong spirit for Portugal.
Strength and understanding, although tactically the right system has not been found to integrate the team, but as the players' ability rises, and with the tactical focus of C. Ronaldo still in the lineup, Santos will still be the coach to lead the team to a title run! And he has shown the world that he is capable of doing so, as he demonstrated long ago in '16.
From the past to the present, Portugal has never had so many top goalkeepers, even Anthony Lopez is just about to reach Patrício's height. Surprisingly, in just two years, the talent pool is no longer short of goalkeepers, with Sá from the middle generation, and Costa, a new generation of super talent. And for a long time Patrício's solid position could be challenged this year.
The luxury of goalkeeper selection has never been a tougher choice for Portugal.Patr remains steadyíCio has been a standout performer for Roma this year and remains a steady starting goalkeeper for the team. Even though he's 34 years old, he still puts in a pretty impressive performance when faced with close-range saves. While addressing the issues in the biography still hasn't improved, the rapport that comes from working with teammates over time is still the biggest reason Santos is considered a starter.
Not to be outdone by his predecessors, the emergence of young goalkeeper Diogo Costa at the age of 22 was definitely a major factor in the Portuguese goalkeeper's difficult decision this time around. With an improved save percentage last season, Diogo Costa has shown the results of his practice. This season, he even had success in three consecutive Champions League matches and forced to completely make up for the mistakes made by the Porto defense. For the defense, having Diogo Costa on defense has also greatly improved the team's ability to tolerate mistakes on the defensive end.
Of course, not only in defense, but also in passing, Diogo Costa is also the world's top, when we see Alisson's long pass assist to find Salah's goal, don't forget that Diogo Costa also has the ability to do the same, in the face of Leverkusen is also the use of long pass assist to break the deadlock.
After being selected for the national team recently, Diogo Costa has been slowly taking over the starting role, even starting in two recent UEFA Europa League matches, and it's really hard to decide who to start with Patrício.
An excellent year, and perhaps, the last year we'll get to see Diogo Costa in action for Porto!
Once in contention for a starting role, and even in the UEFA Europa League, Sá has faded from the starting lineup as his little brother Diogo Costa has grown up. Sá's impressive defensive numbers for the Wolves last year were due in large part to Sá's stellar play. Although he won't get the chance to start, he's the best thing that could have happened to Portugal as a backup goalkeeper.
