Special Envoy of the Observer in Doha, Qatar
It’s funny up to a point, then it just goes into an anxiety spiral. It works almost like that old theory of the glass half full or half empty, of those who realize that it is good to be one of the last to enter the field in a World Cup but at the same time it is bad to look at others. people games while training. It allows us to draw conclusions about what can be expected from a competition that, being held in the middle of the season, becomes a new experience, naturally increasing anxiety levels because the time will never come again, and without knowing for sure which way to go. drink. Well, the 90 minutes can fall, because between zero and games with few goals there were also defeats by England and Spain. Yes, any team has to manage this whirlwind of sensations. In the case of Portugal, this was being done with surprising confidence on the part of Fernando Santos, with a broken smile as it is not usual.
Day 5 of the World Cup. Ronaldo starting and Pepe on the bench. It is already known that Portugal will face Ghana on the 11th
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Source: Observadora
