Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has a shot on goal during the World Cup Grou F qualifier against Ireland at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Portuguese media have some harsh truths for Ireland
The stats don’t read fantastically for Ireland, two shots compared to 30 for Portugal, 30 per cent possession and zero corners, although nobody could blame the tactics of Heimir Hallgrímsson given the gulf of quality between the two teams.
But the reaction of the Portuguese media was not particularly complimentary, especially Marco Vata from Público, who wrote some harsh truth: “The Republic of Ireland is one of those teams that has become stagnant in the mediocre.
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