Euro 2016 - Group F - Portugal vs Austria, 8 pm, RTE & BBC

Mr.Nice Guy

Portugal vs Austria

8:00pm Saturday 18th June
Parc des Princes

Teams:

Portugal: Rui Patricio, Vieirinha, Pepe, Carvalho, Guerreiro, Quaresma, William Carvalho, Joao Moutinho, Andre Gomes, Nani, Ronaldo.

Austria: Almer, Klein, Prodl, Hinteregger, Fuchs, Harnik, Ilsanker, Baumgartlinger, Arnautovic, Alaba, Sabitzer.



Potentially a cracking game on the cards here as Portugal, who started off with a draw against Iceland, take on an Austrian side that were deservedly beaten by Hungary.

Can Ronaldo show what he can do? Will Alaba step up? Who wins?

I'm going for Portugal to take it 2-1.

namloc1980

Bit of a make or break for both sides. Looking forward to it.

riffmongous

I really hope austria put in a better performance, they did not do themselves justice in the last game

GreNoLi

Sanchez should be starting.

Johner

Great feel to this game already, could be a cracker.

Irish_rat

Lively start

adox

Lovely bit of skill from Nani. Unlucky not to score.
Nice tempo to the game.

Johner

Shocking miss from Ronaldo.

Mr.Nice Guy

Come on, Ron.

GreNoLi

Should go with the left foot, Portugal on top.

adox

Lovely move. Should have scored.

AllGunsBlazing

Ron foot...

Clear Hearts

Vierinha could be crossing for the next month and still wont beat the defender, he gets into great positions and then ****s up

Johner

Austria keeper is fairly dodgy.

GreNoLi

Martin Keown needs to evolve.

adox

Nani more of a threat than Ronaldo in the first half hour.

GreNoLi

Does Quaresma think he's in a gang, brainless.

Mars Bar

Ronaldo and his shot taking is too predictable. He's allowing the defenders to make savage looking blocks.

superfurry1

Alaba having a nightmare again

Mars Bar

GreNoLi wrote: »

Does Quaresma think he's in a gang, brainless.

See the state of the tattoo on his face

rm212

adox wrote: »

Nani more of a threat than Ronaldo in the first half hour.

I thought he looked like more of a threat in the first game too!

adox

Ronaldo doesn't look sharp. Maybe a yard off the pace.

Mr.Nice Guy

Portugal bossing this like the Iceland game but they need to find their shooting boots.

Godot.

Our World Cup qualifying group with Austria and Wales is looking a bit like Northern Ireland's for Euro 2016 (mediocre)

We are bang average ourselves but there is no reason why we can't top it!!

Mars Bar

I reckon it's the kid from the Nike Switch advert that's still in Ronaldo's body.

GreNoLi

Pepe lacks morals.

rm212

Lovely shot from Alaba and excellent defending by Vieirinha

Mr.Nice Guy

This has been enjoyable despite the 0-0 scoreline.

Clear Hearts

Portugal kill themselfs going to Ronaldo everytime, he doesnt want the ball what do they do, pass it to him anyways

GreNoLi

What Portugal would give for even a player like Nuno Gomes.

chopperbyrne

Ronaldo looks injured. He's not moving anywhere near as quickly as he normally does, he's staying much higher up the pitch and not closing anyone down.

Despite that, he still looks to be their biggest threat, which doesn't say a lot for Portugal.

the groutch

Ronaldo is your typical flat-track bully.
He can do it against mediocre league teams, but underperforms on the big stage.

kksaints

Alaba has been shocking in this tournament so far. His passing has been so bad must have misplaced around 75% of his passes.

Mr.Nice Guy

the groutch wrote: »

Ronaldo is your typical flat-track bully.
He can do it against mediocre league teams, but underperforms on the big stage.

Barcelona are a mediocre league team?

Mec27

the groutch wrote: »

Ronaldo is your typical flat-track bully.
He can do it against mediocre league teams, but underperforms on the big stage.

Because the Austrian defence is the pinnacle of football

A Primal Nut

Austrian keeper is desperate....reckon Portugal just need to just get stuff on target and Austria will be in all kinds of trouble.

This game could end anywhere between 0-0 and 4-0.

Mr.Nice Guy

Best player on the pitch is William Carvalho (so far).

A Primal Nut

Portugal are terrible at set pieces. If they were even average this game would be long over.

Mr.Nice Guy

He's getting closer, Ronaldo.

BoJack Horseman

Ronaldo's neck muscles must be off the scale.

Francie Barrett

Austria being overrun now.

Mr.Nice Guy

Strange stat there by the BBC. 'Ronaldo has had more shots at Euro 2016 than Northern Ireland.'

chalkitdown1

amazing that this is sill 0-0.

Mr.Nice Guy

Quaresma's been crap. Get him off.

AllGunsBlazing

Portugal always seem to look laboured at these tournaments. Like they're all dragging an invisible ball and chain.

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Strange stat there by the BBC. 'Ronaldo has had more shots at Euro 2016 than Northern Ireland.'

At least they can say they scored a couple

Mr.Nice Guy

Yes Quaresma off. Hopefully some crosses will find Portugal players now.

Francie Barrett

Oh dear, that was shocking from Austria.

GreNoLi

Took it off Arnautovic.

Mr.Nice Guy

Peno to Portugal.

Come on, Ron.

Francie Barrett

Brainless Austrian player.