A poorly managed Portugal team with a midfield trio that drastically underperformed. When you have two midfielders who've just won the champions league together back to back and a 10 who's just gotten the most assist in the premier league, there should be much more creativity and risk taken in that central area. Ronaldo was definitely not at his best and played more minutes than he deserved but there's been a lot of national teams that have had slower, older strikers that just have teams built around them. This Portugal team looked lazy from the very start and it was obvious this team had 0 team chemistry or respect for Ronaldo. Nuno Mendes is the best full-back in the world and his great performances this world cup was overshadowed by how bad every other player in his team were.