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could be a whole lot of reasons: he’s still the symbol of this Portugal team, after all. He must have a say in the locker rooms (and why shouldn’t he, considering); Martinez must think of him as the glue that keeps the squad together (same reason why he must have brought Pepe along, probably). And yeah, probably sponsors too.

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I just watched one Portugal match, but Pepe was extraordinary. Ronaldo on the other hand…

Servais (il/le)
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Martinez

By the way, as a Belgian, sorry for Portuguese people: be ready to see him make a lot of unpopular, unreasonable decisions

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Yea I’m already sick of him

We had plenty of players play 2 hours of football yesterday and he really didn’t do many subs or did them late. And what is worst is that the same happened a few days ago with the same group of players.

Unbelievable decisions

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Happy cake day!

He really sucks with subs, and tends to stick with the one single tactical schema even if it keeps failing.

As an example, he kept the 3-man defense in Belgium while everyone was suggesting to try a 4-man version, especially as our defenders were our weak point.

Also, he kept starting with Hazard even when he was clearly not fit, not giving their chances to other midfielders.

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Interesting, thanks.

Pepe did much better performance, and Jota might have been a better starter for Portugal. CR as a super sub (think Muller for Germany) could have been an option

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