Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was frustrated up front during the match. Former France striker Thierry Henry, who the 1998 World Cup with France, analysed Ronaldo's movement for FOX Sports and said it stopped Bruno Fernandes from having an easier strike on goal.
One thing that's important: the team needs to score, not you need to score.
Henry explained that Ronaldo's desire to score caused him to go into Bruno Fernandes's path. He suggested that if Ronaldo had made a different run into the six-yard box, a defender would have had to follow him, creating an easier tap-in opportunity for Bruno Fernandes.
If he goes into the six-yard box, the defender would have had to follow him, a tap-in for Bruno Fernandes.
But because he wants to score, he goes into the path of the back pass, you see both players and it's easier for you to defend.
Portugal boss Roberto Martinez was labelled "embarrassing" for not substituting Ronaldo in the second half by BBC's Chris Sutton, with the 41-year-old a static bystander up front on his own for the vast majority of the game. Commentating on the match for BBC Radio 5 Live, Sutton criticised Martinez, insisting he is "scared" to take Ronaldo off the pitch.
That is embarrassing.
Sutton described the substitution of Goncalo Ramos for Vitinha in the 83rd minute instead of Ronaldo as embarrassing for Roberto Martinez.
That is embarrassing for Roberto Martinez.
Are we all watching a different game to Martinez?
He is scared to take him off.
He is not the manager.
He might score the winner, but the game has passed him by.
Sutton described Ronaldo as a brilliant player who was once the playmaker but now is the poacher.
He is not only the poacher, but he runs the estate.
I don't understand some of his management.
Cristiano Ronaldo was on the periphery and the game passed him by.
Martinez has to be brave enough to be the manager.
He is not the manager of the Portugal team and that is their issue.
Ronaldo has 229 caps and 143 goals for Portugal and is aiming to be the first player to score in six World Cups. Portugal's next match is against Uzbekistan on Tuesday. Uzbekistan lost to Colombia late on Wednesday night.
