The Portuguese team missed the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup in advance. Ronaldo s "red dye" exposed a major problem for the national team

On November 14, in the fifth round of Group F of the European World Cup qualifiers, the Portuguese team, which had three wins and one draw before, lost to the Irish team 0:2 and missed the opportunity to advance from the group. Ronaldo received a red card for the first time in the national team, and he will miss the final group match with Armenia in the next game.

This round, the Portuguese team challenges the Irish team away from home. As long as they can draw, they can qualify one round ahead of schedule. Before the start of the game, the Portuguese team was very ambitious. Head coach Martinez arranged an attacking lineup of three forwards, with Ronaldo in the middle. Next to him were Felix and Seat B. They just wanted to score an early goal to end the battle. However, things went against expectations. The Irish team used its solid defense and tenacious counterattack to make the Portuguese team suffer a lot, leading 2:0 in the first half. The Portuguese team was really anxious now. They took 27 shots in the game, but missed 22 times, which was very inefficient. Ronaldo was sent off by the referee with a red card in the 61st minute for elbowing his opponent.

This is the first time that Ronaldo has been "red" in a national team game. He has played 226 games for the Portuguese team in more than 20 years, but received a red card at the end of his career, which made Ronaldo very dissatisfied.

With Cristiano Ronaldo being sent off, the Portuguese team is in doom and gloom in this game. In the final round, they will face the Armenian team, the weakest team in the group, and the victory should be reasonable. However, the Armenian team is not as weak as imagined. The team lost by a very small margin in this World Cup preliminaries. Their only victory was against the Irish team. And is the Portuguese team, which even lost to the Irish team, confident of winning?

The Portuguese team's condition is deteriorating, and head coach Martinez has a great responsibility. This team is second to none in Europe based on the strength of its stars alone. Cristiano Ronaldo is still young, B Fee and B Seat are in their prime. Nunes, Vitinha, Neves and Nuno Mendes are all the main players in the top teams in Europe. When these people come together, they should not wait until the last round of the group stage to determine whether they can qualify.

In the final analysis, this team is still too scattered and does not form an offensive synergy. Everyone wants to be the protagonist, but they are unable to do so. If the Portuguese team wants to achieve ideal results in next year's World Cup, it must find a cohesive coach.

In other games on the day, France defeated Ukraine 4:0 to qualify for next year's World Cup. England, which had already qualified early, defeated Serbia 2:0. Norway defeated Estonia 4:1 at home and is basically certain to advance in advance. Comprehensive news from this newspaper

World Cup European Qualifiers

November 16

01:00 Liechtenstein VS Wales

01:00 Georgia VS Spain

03:45 Switzerland VS Sweden

22:00 Portugal VS Armenia

November 17

01:00 Albania VS England

01:00 Azerbaijan VS France

03:45 Italy VS Norway