Ronaldo at the double as Portugal beat Liechtenstein 4-0 in the Euro 2024 qualifiers

Harsh comment. He had no service when he came on, everyone was shooting instead of trying to tee he him up. Anyway, this Portugal team is set-up to pamper Ronaldo, feed his ego and pad up his goal scoring record.
Same old Portugal, did not see a team performance wanting to put the opposition to the sword. Too much indulge in their play.

Don't waste your breath mate. They are either mentally ill or people working in click farms in my opinion as they all read from the same play book. If you were criticise Ronaldo for being, I dunno, slow, completely immobile, doing sod all from open play they would come and tell you "you need to respect the GOAT" or "show gratitude" etc etc, but don't show any respect to Goncalo Ramos or anyone who might challenge their beloved for a place in the starting line up. His fans are very much in his own image.

Lame comment, What was Ramos doing all through the match, was he watching the match?

He should've been watching the match and planning which position he should be in to receive the pass and score.

Do you think the ball will come at his feet and he will score? FUNNY.

Everyone has high expectations of him, and once he gets from his comfort zone at Benfica, You will see the true player.

C Ronaldo at the age of 18 was a superstar and he had an upward growth. SO Please don't compare Ramos with C Ronaldo

Even if it was true that he only scored tap ins (which it demonstrably isn't) than it would still make him a more useful player right now than your beloved, who can't even stay onside because he's so slow and immobile. When was the last time he managed a tap in? Still, 2 set piece goals against the mighty Liechtenstein. Ronnie's still got it!!!1 Just don't ask him to move.

Lol, oh Santos. How delusional can you be. Yes, Ramos is mostly a tap-in forward. I watch nearly all of the Benfica games with my family. He gets his goals from being in excellent positions. He hardly uses his shot, and is weak physically.

Love the jabs for Ronny too, do you want him sprinting all over the place? The guy is a forward, not a winger for the past few years.. try to keep up!

Thank you John for being one of the few level headed unbiased Benfica fans on here. I saw your post in the previous article too, and I completely agree with you. Yes Goncalo Ramos is good, but he is totally a basic striker, completely just a finisher or tap in merchant even though that may be a bit harsh. But basically he is just a finisher. And I said this before some months back, he is not a super striker that can do it all. His game is very much one dimensional. Some here have backed him up saying "oh he didn't do anything in his cameo in this game because he wasn't given service" and this is exactly the point. While all strikers do need service, a super striker or a great all round striker can make his own goals out of nothing if the circumstances call for it, and some magic needs to be produced. Ramos is not that type of striker. He is very much a basic striker who thrives off of excellent positioning and sharpness in the box. And this is fine, there have been many strikers actually majority of strikers over the ages are like this. But the key is when you have a striker who is complete, an all round great striker, who can not only score from service provided to him, but can actually make goals on his own and produce unexpected magic to unlock defenses that is something that sets them apart from the rest. And this is exactly what Ronaldo is he is a complete all round striker, one who can thrive from service, and also when needed can take the game by the scruff of the neck and by sheer determination and magic, can create goals on his own. This for me is why Ronaldo is still the better striker and first choice striker right now. He's been that way and still is. This is why Juve havne't found a striker to do what he does, Vlahovic their big huge money signing is exactly like Ramos a guy who absolutely needs service, and Vlahovic isn't getting it now and he is hugely struggling in Juve now, looks absolutely helpless. Similar to in Man Utd, even though some fans on here wanna say oh Man U is doing bette without Ronaldo. Lol. Ronaldo did his part playing at a high level the first season he came back. But the fact is he was playing with total garbage players like Harry Maguire who single handedly lost Man Utd countlessssssss games, and a absolute trash midfield of McTominay and Fred who could neither defend nor create. They were the worst midfield in the Prem lol. So it is frankly ridiculous to compare that Man Utd Ronaldo played with to the one now, who has been strengthened much much more with Martinez starting at the back alongside a fit again Varane. It is key that Maguire barely plays anymore and that Utd can win games without messing it up. Also with the signings of Eriksen who has been a massive influence creatively and to conduct the team even more so than Bruno, and Antony on the wing working his skill, And a totally revamped Rashford. This Man Utd side has been strengthened waaay more compared to the one Ronaldo played in in his first season. And yet still now the striker they have, this guy Wout Weghorst lol has only scored ZERO goals in 8 appearances in the Prem predominantly being a starter smh. Horrific. And also in all competitions this Weghorst has only scored TWO goals in 18 appearances. Again Weghorst is another one of those strikers who can only do something if they are given service for tap ins etc. And the fact that both Vlahovic and Weghorst are actually playing in both VASTLY strengthened sides for Juve (signings of Bremer, Locatelli, Filip Kostic, Di Maria, Leandro Paredes) and Man Utd (the aformentioned signings I named in previous lines) and yet still they are both HORRIBLY underperforming. Vlahovic has 8 goals in 18 appereances in Serie A and 11 goals in 28 apperances in all comps. Ronaldo already did TREMENDOUS in his time at Juve with a weaker side and AWESOME in Utd in his first season with a weaker side. All this should put things into perspective. Ronaldo is a great has been a great and still is a great! If he were in either of those sides now with those squads guarantee you he would perform way better than the other two respective strikers. Say all this to say Ronaldo is an absolutely incredible talent and striker, and he still has one or two more years. He should be appreciated still. Sure he will retire in a couple years and Ramos is young man. Jeez he's only 21. He will have plentyyy of time ahead of him still to be the main starter in the future. Let's appreciate the last one or two years of our legend Ronaldo. And we still have another decade again to appreciate all that Ramos can go on to do. Força!

Eddie - it’s the truth and nobody here (besides you and I) can see it.

I like Gonçalo Ramos - but for a Seleçao side, at THIS moment, I would rather have other options up front. (Rafael Leão anyone???)

It’s too bad Rafa called it quits, he has played up front at Benfica a few times.. his speed would keep the opposition on their toes.

Yeah John I'm a big fan of Rafael Leão as well. He's actually the player I have the most excitement and hopes for out of all our young forwards (Felix, Ramos, Leão, Vitinha, Beto). Leão is the one who is also a complete forward with all the tools in his game. He has speed, strength, dribbling skills, goal scoring ability with his feet and his head, assisting ability. He literally has it all. His only weakness is his mentality to sometimes not take things seriously and be complacent lol. When he is motivated mentally he is simply unstoppable and unplayable. World class! Testament to this is him winning Seria A player of the year last season at only 22.

Leão came up at first as an out and out number 9 playing this role in Sporting and in Lille, before at Milan switching to a wing forward because of the legendary Zlatan occupying the role up top through the middle. I hope that eventually maybe from next season Leão can take over the number 9 role in Milan and from there the national team can count on him as a striker through the middle as well. I understand Seria A is tough financially and this is why he maybe wants a move away but I hope he stays in Milan at least one more season to take over that number 9 role even for Milan before making a move to another league. I feel like if a team signs him now this summer they may want to restrict him to the wing role because thats what he's been notable and gotten his accolades at in Milan so far, but I really see him as a number 9. He's come up throughout his early career playing this role and he can and I hope returns to playing this role again.