This is a completely serious inquiry:
What went right?
the fans
other were busy criticizing
we where busy improving our game
french were busy beeing french
Alberto Barbosa magic
Strategic penalty missing to end up in the right bracket
>>69528565
extremely easy teams along the way except for the final
moth magic in the final
>>69528712
your shitty team losing to Iceland in 90+4 is the reason why portugal has the trophy, just fucking kill yourselves
>>69528744
here"s a picture explaining everything
>>69528565
>Portugal wins
>"went right"
Pick one
ISIS didn't do shit
>>69528565
Luck
Tactics
Everyone else is also shit.
I think that sums it up.
And yes they deserved to win, if you think otherwise you're a butt hurt retard.
>>69528838
Well I can't speak for the rest of my nation, but me and my friends aren't really butthurt. Our team was outplayed by a better tactic and a better coach. Weren't humiliated and they fought to the end. I like that
>>69528972
wromg
>>69528987
Croatians, Germans, and Italians seem the least butthurt.
French the most, then Mexicans for some reason...
Burgers and Brits are a mixed bag... Its been an odd year.
>>69529007
Wrong about what? They absolutely deserved to win they beat France in the final you dumb fuck.
>>69528833
pretty much this
iceland scoring at 94, lucking out in penalties vs poland, france winning vs germany (we'd get destroyed by germany)
I honestly don't know what to feel, I'm happy but when you really think about it we just were the least bad team, not a good one
patricio and pepe were GOAT though, even if you hate pepe our defense was fucking amazing
>>69529032
im pulling ur shit buddy cmon man
>Santos played his agents players in the first 2 games, the results where horrible
>finally brought the proven and tested Sporting midfield and moved to a more cautious approach
>finally got rid of Andre meme gomes, Danilo meme nigga midfielder and vieirinha I play like shit as LB for good, Renato brought some freshness, Adrien showed how he could shut down every single apponent team creative player, William shit down everyone in front of the defenders
>our midfield became a "let's show this clowns how to make them play like shit", very few space was given
>confidence was building up
>Pepe left his craziness at home
>N-nani
>fucking wall Patrício
>Éder made the game of his life
Pretty much.
In insight, playing so bad in the first 2 games is what made is euro champs
>>69529107
My shit hates to be pulled. I've been triggered.
>What went right?
planetary alignment and meme magic on your side, literally nobody wanted to see the french win.
that and that portugal had arguably the "easiest" knockout games, bypassing the big football nations until you played the french.
in true portsugal fashion you played till extra time and then fucking eder shot a random blooter into the net, while the french just cut it close a few dozen times.
this is all thanks to your solid defense, pepe and patricio both played like fucking beasts; were it now for those two this board would be infested with fucking smug frogs, i thank you for this.
>>69528987
Honestly Croats around here were a bit above-average in salt content the days following the day.
>>69529189
Still nothing compared to the French and Mexicans.
>>69529189
Well sadness I guess. We weren't really outplayed, it was so close, at least the way I see it. I don't know anyone who didnt support Portugal in later stages 2bh
>>69529291
That's natural though, people tend to support the teams they lost to since it's less embarassing to say "we lost to the champions" than "we lost to a team that got kicked out the very next game".
>>69529189
They were sad but not even close to the French level of salt.
>>69529465
Nothing comes close to that, I remember here after the game there was a french guy crying is fucking eyes out for like 2 hours.
>>69528856
What went right FOR THEM, though
>>69528565
>>69529880
yoh wtf
Nothing
We just had dumb luck and memes
>>69528565
nothing
everyone else was shittier than usual
france thought winning against germany meant the euro was in the bag
>>69529183
>that and that portugal had arguably the "easiest" knockout games, bypassing the big football nations until you played the french.
>easiest
>Croatia beat Spain
>Poland tied with Germany
when will this meme die
pasting from other thread
We have a pretty young team but the CBs and forwards are old as fuck
>Goalkeepers
Rui Patrício 28 years old | Anthony Lopes 25 years old | Eduardo 33 years old
Patrício has been great and he'll be the starter for another 2 or 3 tournaments
>Centre backs
Pepe 33 years old | José Fonte 32 years old | Bruno Alves 34 years old | Ricardo Carvalho 38 years old
All CBs played pretty well in the Euro but they're all very old. Pepe and Fonte might play the WC but that's it and the other two are probably gone so we need new CBs. Possible candidates: Luís Neto (28 years old), Daniel Carriço (27), Paulo Oliveira (24), ...?
>Fullbacks
Raphaël Guerreiro 22 years old | Cédric 24 years old | Vieirinha 30 years old | Eliseu 32 years old
Raphäel Guerreiro was a beast in the Euro and Cédric was good despite making a couple of mistakes. Fábio Coentrão (28) is coming back from injury and João Cancelo (22) should get a place in the NT in the next couple of years
>Defensive Midfielders
William Carvalho 24 years old | Danilo 24 years old
We're pretty much set here, two very good young players with two different styles of play so Portugal can addapt to opponents.
>Midfielders
João Mário 23 years old | Renato Sanches 18 years old | André Gomes 22 years old | Rafa Silva 23 years old
João Moutinho 29 years old | Adrien Silva 27 years old
Top row is very young and should be part of the NT for years to come. João Moutinho can still play a couple more tourneys but he's declining. Adrien managed to get a starting spot but his talent is limited, he might lose his spot if someone steps up. Bernardo Silva (21) and Ruben Neves (19) have loads of potential.
>Forwards
Cristiano Ronaldo 31 years old | Nani 29 years old | Quaresma 32 years old | Éder 28 years old
Ronaldo and Nani have 1 or 2 tournaments left in them. Quaresma might be gone. Who's ready to step up? André Silva (20), Bruma (21), Gélson Martins (21)? Not many options
God was allays at our side!
>>69533089
Where's Bernardo Silva?
The united people shall never be won
>>69533193
Injured
Like Concentrão
and Tiago
>>69533193
>Bernardo Silva (21) and Ruben Neves (19) have loads of potential.
He missed the Euro with an injury. Might've been a good thing because it allowed Renato to be called up
>>69533204
gtfo commie
>>69529189
Croats showed themselves to be true bros throughout this tourney.
W. carvalho, the defense, and the strong commitment to team defense. A leader who wanted to win more than anyone else. A pretty decent strategy. Some luck. God. The fact that they played a lot of extra time and close games meant they were not going to feel safe until they won. As a life long fan I felt like it was coming home this year. I'm just reveling in all the salt like a comfy piece of baakylaow.
>>69533089
Andre Silva, Bernardo Silva and Gelson Martins are already ready to step up
>>69533412
>hating communism
>>69534017
t. Petralha
>>69533204
>>69533204
vai tomar no seu cu, lixo do caralho. Comunismo é meu pau no seu rabo
Éder channeled Eusébio
>>69534053
>>69534072
>>69534275
Go back to facebook.
>>69534275
>>69534275
débil mental achando que é sábio ao rotular de coxinha qualquer um crítico ao comunismo.
Você é uma vergonha para os seus pais. Para de desperdiçar oxigênio e encerre sua insignificância existência.
>>69534380
>>69534368
Pobres reaças
>>69534380
*insignificante
Ato contínuo, tá quanto o kg de mortadela hoje lixo?
>>69534017
>>69534275
>>69534400
comuninha pagando de intelectual haxxor classe C, que bom saber que gente dessa laia está ficando marginalizado. Lixo cultural, vai ter golpe sim. Tchau !!!! kkkkkkkkkkk
>>69534400
ebin maymay
>>69528744
>extremely easy teams along the way
so easy you lost to one of them lol
>>69533089
>André Silva (20), Bruma (21), Gélson Martins (21)? Not many options
Medeiros and Podence show promise too
>2/3rds of teams advancing
>meme teams on the way to the final
>still needing extra time to beat all but one of them
>>69528565
Memes breh
>>69534480
>>69534519
>>69533089
>Bruma
Has he done anything relevant lately? I don't think so. He didn't show anything special in Spain.
André Silva, Bernardo Silva, Gelson Martins and Nelson Semedo. I'd add these.
U19 or B teams are not a safe way to say anything, but there are players in them showing promisse.
>>69534811
dumb pic, there are retards in both sides
>>69534811
ebin maymay
>>69534811
>right wing literature doesn't exist
Levels of salt from the knockout losers vs us:
Wales: no salt
Croatia:salty during the next day, nothing special and classy
France: salty, butthurt after mocking us heavily before the match
Poland: SALTY AF, just 2/3 dumb polish posters, evertime they posted they revealed intense butthurt
Get rekt poland. We are the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>>69537499
The French are by far the saltiest
>Mexico
>Argentina
Portugal Euro run actually mirrors the Trump campaign in a lot of ways
>enter for the lulz. no expectations at first and just kind of going through the motions
>gradually notice competition is underwhelming
>realize "HOLY SHIT WE CAN ACTUALLY WIN THIS THING"
>????
>Profit
Happy 2016
Championes de Europes
>irrelevant football nation getting beat by a dentist
>nazis playing like shit
>pique and ramos exposed once again
>france getting fucked by portugal after 40+ years in their home soil
>not even needing donaldo
>saltiness at epic levels
CAMPEÕES DA EUROPA SEUS GRANDES FILHOS DA PUTA!
I'm watching family guy season 10 episode 3
It starts off with peter taking about something about his mexican maid and he says "i made a mistake making them Portuguese though, people don't even know what a Portuguese is. This is what i thought a Portuguese was" and he presents two birds lol
>>69528565
This
>>69528565
PEPE WON THE EURO
IRON WILL AND HANDS OF STEEL
THE GREAT WALL OF PORTUGAL
SAINT PATRICK HIMSELF
RUI "O teu golo é fictício, o jogo está de volta ao início" PATRÍCIO
>>69537714
At least we're not americanos.
>>69537753
IRON WILL
>Portugal lacks iron, oil, gas, aluminium or coal
AND HANDS OF STEEL
>steel is an an alloy of iron
THE GREAT WALL
>China
OF PORTUGAL SAINT PATRICK
>Ireland
HIMSELF
RUI "O teu golo é fictício, o jogo está de volta ao início" PATRÍCIO
>>69537783
Yeah because then you'd be able to have food..
>>69528565
No terrorism. That was a pleasant surprise .
>>69537817
The only happening was the Croatie Czech Republic match..
kinda boring desu
After this euro
>players I like:
Patricio
Pepe
>douchebag tier:
Quaresma
Nani
>players I haven't focused on enough to judge but want to do so in future and it might be interesting:
Joao Mario
Sanchez
Eder
>>69538190
>focusing on Eder in the future
he's 29, he wont even be in the next tournament
>>69537794
>mentally dating neji hyuga
wew laddeh
Our foreign legion is paying tribute to Portugal on our national day parade
>>69533089
> >Centre backs
Ruben Semedo will be there on the starting 11.
>Forwards
André Silva, Gélson, Iuri, Jota, Rafa
Plenty of guys actually.
>>69528565
>What went right?
They defended well
>>69533087
True and wales beat belgium
>>69534921
>Leopard
>Right wing
you sure dont know shit uh?
also yes, right wing literature do exist but is almost always lefties who read that shit kek
>>69537499
Poland were the saltiest. One of my good Polish friends seriously lost his shit at me and went on an autistic 15 min rant during a dinner with our friends like an autist about how Poland was a stronger team and have love for the eagle on their shirts (his words) while the Portuguese are arrogant club whores, particularly Ronaldo, who is only looking out for his personal glory.
He's so mad he hasn't spoken to me for 2 weeks now.
>>69537753
>Portugal
>White
JK I love you long Saint Patricio
>Eder handball and the ref getting tricked
>Rui patricio pulling out the game of his life out of nowhere and blocking everything even though he took 3 against fucking Hungary
>Gignac trollpost
>general Portuguese BM during the whole match
>Ref completely blind when the weak should fear the strong.jpg happened
>only 2min injury at the end of 1st half even with all the Ronaldo shenanigans
Whats with the "easiest knockout phase" meme? Portugal had 2 overtimes, France had 0. French also had games RoI and Iceland.
>>69544441
>Nani gets his shoe ripped appart
>no card
>Ronaldo gets his knee derrick rose'd
>no foul
>portuguese players do normal fouls
>immediately get yellow carded
>French players only get yellow carded during extra time
>"muh reffball"
>>69528565
Fernando Santos is GOAT
he managed Greece in the last WC wiping out the ivorians and nearly did the same with the awesome costa rica but >keylor
>>69544441
>Rui patricio pulling out the game of his life out of nowhere and blocking everything even though he took 3 against fucking Hungary
Two goals were deflections and the other was literally the goal of the tournament.
Can't really blame Patrício, to be fair
>>69537817
There was that Algerian fellow who culturally enriched policeman and his wife
>>69528744
Beat Croatia who beat you in groups, also rated #1 team after group based on performance
Beat Wales who shat all over Belgium
Beat France in the final who won vs arguably the strongest team
>poland
irrelevant
I'm not saying we are the strongest team, but I think you people under sell how strong we actually were (given that no team managed to beat us), and that's also why we won in the end
>>69528565
>defending is easy
>>69546166
He was the reason you beat France and pretty much won all of your knockout games. He was my player of the tournament hands down.
>>69546286
Poland managed to tie against germany
>>69533089
>Not mentioning Bernardo&Iuri BFF chemistry
Disappointed with you.
>>69533089
Coentrão is ded m8
>>69544094
t. not your real friend
>>69546342
Sure, but you could argue that Germany was still easing themselves into the tournament.
Do you honestly think that the lineup which played vs wales and France would ever tie again to Iceland, Austria or suffer 3 goals to memegary? I don't think so
Also Portugal fucking up during groups is the norm, still we consistently reach semis and 2 finals since 2000.
Again no way I think we're the strongest team, but all of them underselling us is what ultimately allowed us to win.
>>69529122
>t. Paulinho
>>69537547
Wall when?
Martial law when?
>>69547076
Wer ist Diese Play Doh Puff Maedchen ??
