Ronaldo or Rising Star? Using Ronaldo well is the key to winning the championship. Portugal faces the World Cup difficulties faced by wanting to win the championship

It is said that Portugal's current lineup is so luxurious that it can form two Champions League teams - B Se, B Fee, Leo, Vitinia, and a bunch of young and wealthy families. At first glance, it looks like a "full-level number". But old fans all know that the World Cup has never been more stars than anyone else. If you don’t believe it, look at Argentina in 2018, Messi was still beaten home by France with the All-Star lineup. Portugal is now like a nouveau riche in a haute couture suit. It looks very scary, and it reveals its feelings when you raise your feet... The first question: Don’t be a "nutritional home", you can only run if you are younger than yourself

In the 2018 World Cup, Portugal’s "grandfather-level defense line" (Pepe 36 years old + Bruno Alves 37 years old) was ridiculed that "you can get a pension in your age together." Although Pepe has retired now, the problem of not being able to meet the defense line still exists. In 2022, against Morocco, Portugal was penetrated by its opponent with the simplest counterattack, exposing the chronic disease of slow turning and chaos in positioning.

Suggestion: boldly use new players, such as Benfica's 22-year-old central defender Antonio Silva, and form the "iron gate" with Manchester City's Ruben Dias. After all, no matter how strong the forward line is, it cannot withstand the "self-explosion" of the defense

The second question: Should Ronaldo start or be a "super substitute"? Talk with data

I know that I have been sprayed with Ronaldo as a sieve when mentioning this, but the data does not lie. In the starts of Ronaldo in the World Cup last year, Portugal's offensive rhythm was as slow as an old lady. On the contrary, young player Gonzalo Ramos took the lead and put a hat on Switzerland, directly pressing the big brother on the bench. But you said you don’t need Ronaldo at all? In the quarter-finals, Ramos was invisible for 90 minutes, and the whole team was so anxious that they stomped their feet. In the end, they had to replace Ronaldo and swing them both?

Suggestion: Learn from Argentina to use Di Maria - let Ronaldo come on as a substitute at a critical moment and use his experience to reap the game. After all, Portugal has no shortage of young people who can run, but what they lack is superstars who can "break the deadlock unreasonably" in adversity.

The third question: the lineup tactics must be overturned and established, and someone must do the dirty and tiring work. In the past, Portugal always repeatedly jumped between "passing and controlling" and "anti-counter" and "anti-counter" and was even criticized for "the attack was entirely dependent on personal singles." Coach Santos was dismissed due to conservative tactics. Facing two major problems

1. How to match the midfield: No one does dirty work! B Fei is more active than the striker. B Shi likes to dribble the ball from the wing, but Vitinia can intercept it, but let him wipe his butt alone? You can understand it by referring to the fate of Casemiro being exhausted at Manchester United. Or maybe weld the Wolves' Paligna to the back midfielder. Although this guy is a bit rough, he is a waste of time to grab the ball.

2. How to play the wings: Leo's explosion ability is the world's top, but he often falls into a dead cycle of "fighting alone - being intercepted - unable to catch up" in the national team. Referring to AC Milan's usage, let him cooperate with left-back Guerrero to release his maximum power.

Finally, let’s talk about a metaphysics. Portugal has a curse of the top 8: From Figo to Ronaldo, Portugal is like being possessed in the World Cup. In 2006, the semi-finals were at its peak, and then either the quarterfinals failed or the group stage died suddenly. It should be a fortune to win the 2016 European Cup? As a result, Uruguay was sent home in 2018, and in 2022 it fell into Morocco's hands.

The evil thing is: the posture of the game is similar every time you get out - you hit the opponent thirty shots, but you will collapse if you are stolen. To break this mysticism, you have to find a life-threatening coach. Now the coach has changed to Martinez (that is, the one who fell in the speed of light with Belgium "Golden Generation ").

Portuguese luxury lineup is like a knife without sharp edges - the material is top-notch, but it still cannot be touched by the wrong method. If you want to realize your dream of the 2026 World Cup, you must do:

1. Go to the locker room to "C Ronaldo Centralization": learn from the French team to downplay Benzema's contradictions, so that new stars such as Ramos and Leo dare to take the lead.

2. Tactics "just look at the food and eat": the opponent sets up a bus? The two wings of Leo + Rafinia flew together; compete for midfield control, Vitinia + B-seat dual-core drive.

3. Welding Ronaldo to the bench: Although cruel, look at the effect of Argentina making Di Maria a substitute surprise in 2022.

4. Someone must do dirty work in the midfield: find a "sweeping monk" like Kant, even if you don't have offensive talent, you must have a lot of defensive interception points.