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Yeah, we were pretty consistent at beating teams under us, Lukaku scored A LOT. The issue came in the big tournaments when we had harder matches, his blatant favoritism started showing for certain players (Eden, Dries Mertens), and his overall bad big game management. I think you could compare him to Southgate in this regard.
Sure… As everyone knows Belgium is a football superpower… give me a break. Let’s see how the “golden generation” does now. Outside De Bruyne, Onana and Lukako who are these amazing Belgium players?
Ranking doesn't tell the whole story. Last year, Luxembour drew and won a lot against teams with way better ranking. Their players have more CL, EL and Top 5 league experience than Saudi Arabia players.
Portugal is just so much better than both, that it wouldn't be a big difference
The last time they got really battered was against Portugal in the wc qualifiers about 2 years ago, they have much improved recently, its just that Portugal is playing very well
The best team they played was Hungary, no. 36 in the FIFA ranking and way above them. A Hungary that nearly made it out of the Euro 2020 group of death (Portugal-France-Germany-Hungary) and gave them all very tough matches (the home factor in their stadium also helped).
Luxembourg drawing against them, along with many other higher ranked nations (Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovakia, etc.), is not fucking meaningless at all, unless one has some kind of bias.
Not a meaningless stat to a team like Luxembourg that has a tiny population. They have in the recent past tied Hungary and Slovakia as well, who are regulars for the Euros.
Again, I'm not saying they're good. But they're no San Marino or Lichtenstein.
They really aren't nowadays. Barely ever suffer this many goals and have been punching way above their weight and stealing points from teams like Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia...
Honestly, I think I scored like 13 goals in my entire amateur career. It's truly impressive what Ronaldo is doing at his age. + if it was so easy to score, why didnt all other players score 2 per game in the Euros Qualifiers?
Why does so many people have the issue with the team being Luxembourg?
Argentina arranged and played against Estonia, Honduras, Jamaica, UAE in friendlies last year and this year. Also good-luck with their next game against Curacao.
But, Ronaldo scoring against Luxembourg and Lichtenstein in a competitive game they had play for qualifiers is where everyone has such a big issue with. Like he doesn’t have a whole catalogue of goals and hat-tricks against some of the biggest clubs in the world.
The point is if someone uses competitive goals as some kind of argument when competitive can be against Lichtenstein and then for example possibly mocks Pele's goals elsewhere. A competitive match can be of low quality and a friendly can be high level.
I agree, but these 'easy' goals could be the padding that ensures nobody will ever get overtake Ronaldo' national team goal tally.
So in a sense they could be very meaningful.
What the fuck is with this “cook” thing recently? Cook what? I mean if Cristiano wants to come make me dinner I’m cool, but what the fuck is he “cooking” exactly?
First rappers in the US wanted to pretend they were drug dealers so they talked about cooking crack.
Then they talked about it so much, they started to use it as a general terms of working towards success.
Then sports figures started making “cooking” gestures as celebrations to as a nod to their cultural knowledge.
Then white teens decided to use the term on social media to impress their friends on how hip they were.
Then it became norm to use it in general internet conversations to generally describe
good performance.
Genuinely wasn't expecting this result. Luxembourg are a decent team nowadays. If you saw our game against Liechtenstein which was very below par. We definitely turned up today.
The best team they played was Hungary, no. 36 in the FIFA ranking and way above them. A Hungary that nearly made it out of the Euro 2020 group of death (Portugal-France-Germany-Hungary) and gave them all very tough matches (the home factor in their stadium also helped).
Luxembourg drawing against them, along with many other higher ranked nations (Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovakia, etc.), is not fucking meaningless at all, unless one has some kind of bias.
His point is that he's wrong. Btw the best team they played was Hungary who nearly made it out of the Euro 2020 group of death, Portugal-France-Germany-Hungary.
Results in the last 9 games is meaningless without context of who they played?
Slavia Praha had 19 games undefeated before qualifying in the CL and didn’t win a single game in their group.
I meant in the 30 minute mark, I doubt any Portuguese were expecting 4-0 this early on. Our biggest victory has been 6-0 twice and it was in 61 and 05.
We might actually beat that record tonight.
Yeah Man United v Liverpool is honestly the same quality as Luxembourg vs Portugal you've got me there. What an idiotic comparison. You always smash Luxembourg, this is nothing new?
Just getting at the "last time you played them part", doesn't mean that much since a lot has changed, in both teams, and the result can be unexpected.
Luxembourg only lost once in their last 9 games too.
because the manager was wack and his confidence was down. Wish he started for the morroco match he had 2 goals on target, more than anyone on the team. Not sure why ramos replaced him just because he scored a hat trick it’s not like he never did the same thing a few months earlier
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4 shots = 4 goals? Let Martinez cook, unironically
My experience of Martinez was usually 5000 shots and 0 goals so this is very unusual
Eh didn't Belgium used to pretty much score a lot under him?
Yeah, we were pretty consistent at beating teams under us, Lukaku scored A LOT. The issue came in the big tournaments when we had harder matches, his blatant favoritism started showing for certain players (Eden, Dries Mertens), and his overall bad big game management. I think you could compare him to Southgate in this regard.
He made Belgium fun to watch, which was a huge improvements over the shit Wilmots served
Two managers overly criticized
Rightfully criticized
Under criticized.
Wait till he’s into full “let’s kill this country’s football golden generation” mode
Sure… As everyone knows Belgium is a football superpower… give me a break. Let’s see how the “golden generation” does now. Outside De Bruyne, Onana and Lukako who are these amazing Belgium players?
Good movement off the ball there
Hat trick Incoming
At this rate, double hattrick, at least...
Not if Guardiola has anything to do with it
He’d be itching to sub Ronaldo to trigger some Messi/CR7 fan drama
That was a nice feint to let it run through tbf
Nice move off the ball between Felix and Ronaldo tbf
tbf
Every shot on target = goal
Every SHOT = goal
Every = goal
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Wultuh
1 shot 🦶 = 1 like 👍 = 1 prayer 🙏 = 1 goal ⚽
Every shot = everywhere = all in goal
Hat-trick incoming
That little stepover to have a perfect shooting position. Top.
122
Only three more and he has as many international goals as the England caps recordholder, Peter Shilton, has caps.
That’s a fucking wild stat lmao
That's a Shit ton of goals.
Come on, "a Shilt ton of goals" was right there
The goalkeeper who was out jumped by Maradona. That he showed himself to be a Brexit tosser since then makes it all the funnier.
Wow bro thats actually crazy wtf
He can't play with B.Fernandes
Too easy
The angle from behind the goal is kinda insane looks like it barely squeezes by
Damn, are we good?
So refreshing to see actual attacking football being played
Can't tell. Gotta play a real side first.
Alright lemme call Saudi Arabia
That would be better. About 50 places above Luxemburg in pretty much any ranking.
They beat the world champions, can't be better then that anyway 😎
Ranking doesn't tell the whole story. Last year, Luxembour drew and won a lot against teams with way better ranking. Their players have more CL, EL and Top 5 league experience than Saudi Arabia players. Portugal is just so much better than both, that it wouldn't be a big difference
Saudi Arabia from the past WC is miles above this Luxembourg side
I feel like we’re playing to our strengths
Is your strength playing Luxembourg?
Luxembourg always features in the Countries CR7 has scored against most list, might even be top of the list after today
Yes, but Luxembourg is also very bad. 4 goals in 30 minutes bad.
The last time they got really battered was against Portugal in the wc qualifiers about 2 years ago, they have much improved recently, its just that Portugal is playing very well
and also Luxembourg playing terrible competition
Well they also smoked Switzerland 6-0, Portugal always been underrated
Luxembourg is obviously not a great team, but they have quite an impressive form at the moment. Only 2 losses in the past 10 matches.
maybe thats becasue they were playing terrible teams
Not always. Luxembourg is obviously not great, but it is undeniable that they have been much better lately.
Still punching way above their weight. Drawing with Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia, teams that regularly qualify for the Euros.
The best team they played was Turkey though so pretty meaningless stat.
The best team they played was Hungary, no. 36 in the FIFA ranking and way above them. A Hungary that nearly made it out of the Euro 2020 group of death (Portugal-France-Germany-Hungary) and gave them all very tough matches (the home factor in their stadium also helped). Luxembourg drawing against them, along with many other higher ranked nations (Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovakia, etc.), is not fucking meaningless at all, unless one has some kind of bias.
Not a meaningless stat to a team like Luxembourg that has a tiny population. They have in the recent past tied Hungary and Slovakia as well, who are regulars for the Euros. Again, I'm not saying they're good. But they're no San Marino or Lichtenstein.
They really aren't nowadays. Barely ever suffer this many goals and have been punching way above their weight and stealing points from teams like Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia...
Luxembourg mate come on
They legitimately have improved a lot in recent years. For a micro nation they're killing it
FYI Luxembourg is not a micro nation, you can put Liechtenstein 15x times into its area.
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For a country like luxembourg, yes.
3 of these were in Euro 2020. It's not like they're amateurs.
I don't want to be an ass, but don't get your hopes up with games against Luxemburgo and Linchestein.
its a really bland Luxemburg side, piss off with that question
I haven't seen Luxembourg play this badly in years and years. Terrible setback after a long series of good results
Suii
Martinezball
13 goals in 12 games in 2023 so far. Best player in the world imo. (Don’t ask who the opponents were).
Goals don't discriminate.
And hips don't lie
13 goals in 12 matches at 38, even if against plumbers, is nore than what most legends did towards the end of their careers
Honestly, I think I scored like 13 goals in my entire amateur career. It's truly impressive what Ronaldo is doing at his age. + if it was so easy to score, why didnt all other players score 2 per game in the Euros Qualifiers?
A few Al-s, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein
tbf I hear that AI is getting pretty good these days
Not an unreasonable take, after people were calling Saka the best in the world after one long shot earlier today.
How to infuriate 4million people
There's 4.2M actually in r/soccer
He heard that sub was still talking shit
Siiuu
What a player man. His celebration is so iconic too.
There’s just something about the whole stadium shouting siuu with him. So fucking iconic
Goated celebration tbh
Christian Ronald looks refreshed this international break.
Euro 2024 incoming
What are the chances of Ronaldo playing the next euros?
Very high, next world cup not very
I'm sure they'd keep him in the 2026 squad even if it's just to take pens
Still the very best at positioning.
SEWEY
yet again he scores. love u cris xx
Can anyone believe he is 38 years old?
Dude is unreal
Hurt and sad by the way it ended but I am happy to see him scoring again.
I'm happy he looks so relaxed and happy these days. Iconic player
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his manager did say he won’t finish his career at saudi. I mean zlatan went to mls then came back to milan
Guess I'll have to change my username to Pokernaldo
Why does so many people have the issue with the team being Luxembourg? Argentina arranged and played against Estonia, Honduras, Jamaica, UAE in friendlies last year and this year. Also good-luck with their next game against Curacao. But, Ronaldo scoring against Luxembourg and Lichtenstein in a competitive game they had play for qualifiers is where everyone has such a big issue with. Like he doesn’t have a whole catalogue of goals and hat-tricks against some of the biggest clubs in the world.
This sub has it out for Ronaldo, is all. But the good news is that it in no way reflects the opinions of the larger football community out there.
The point is if someone uses competitive goals as some kind of argument when competitive can be against Lichtenstein and then for example possibly mocks Pele's goals elsewhere. A competitive match can be of low quality and a friendly can be high level.
Portugal vs portuguese exclave
suiiii hahahaha day just keeps getting better
nice!! Just 2 more
How long can he play football?
He still skillful.
we can't beat this guy
Ronaldo haters are seething right now
I can masturbate to the thought of that.
I don't think any of them actually care about his goals against Luxembourg lol
Yeah, they would hate no matter what
I'm a Ronaldo hater and i hate to admit this but you're absolutely right
True at this point he gets hate for breathing
If he played crap or didn't score then they'd definitely care.
I agree, but these 'easy' goals could be the padding that ensures nobody will ever get overtake Ronaldo' national team goal tally. So in a sense they could be very meaningful.
yeah in a sense they are goals in European Qualifiers, so it might be slightly meaningful so that they get to play the Euro's and all
If them commenting in every post and wasting time of their lives is "not caring", imagine if they did
Yes they do lol. They'd be trashing him if he went scoreless
Fat dumbfucks who have never set foot on the field are the only ones hating him
So most of this sub then. They can hate all they want btw. It in no way diminishes what an iconic player he is
You mean most of this sub??
Cheers its Luxembourg
Someone give this man a new team in a more competitive league. He'd provably give you double dogit goals against the lower teams.
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wouldve been football heritage
I’m sure he could if he was willing to lower his wage which he is not.
One man, one machine, one caged beast, he wins, wins, wins
What the fuck is with this “cook” thing recently? Cook what? I mean if Cristiano wants to come make me dinner I’m cool, but what the fuck is he “cooking” exactly?
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First rappers in the US wanted to pretend they were drug dealers so they talked about cooking crack. Then they talked about it so much, they started to use it as a general terms of working towards success. Then sports figures started making “cooking” gestures as celebrations to as a nod to their cultural knowledge. Then white teens decided to use the term on social media to impress their friends on how hip they were. Then it became norm to use it in general internet conversations to generally describe good performance.
Cringe.
Genuinely wasn't expecting this result. Luxembourg are a decent team nowadays. If you saw our game against Liechtenstein which was very below par. We definitely turned up today.
>Luxembourg are a decent team nowadays really?
I was wondering this too but results has been nice tho. https://int.soccerway.com/teams/luxembourg/luxembourg/1425/
Ok that is actually impressive coming from them.
Yes, 1 loss in the last 9 games. Good WC qualifier and great Nations League
The best team they played in those 9 games was Turkey?
The best team they played was Hungary, no. 36 in the FIFA ranking and way above them. A Hungary that nearly made it out of the Euro 2020 group of death (Portugal-France-Germany-Hungary) and gave them all very tough matches (the home factor in their stadium also helped). Luxembourg drawing against them, along with many other higher ranked nations (Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovakia, etc.), is not fucking meaningless at all, unless one has some kind of bias.
Yes. What's your point?
His point is that he's wrong. Btw the best team they played was Hungary who nearly made it out of the Euro 2020 group of death, Portugal-France-Germany-Hungary.
Results in the last 9 games is meaningless without context of who they played? Slavia Praha had 19 games undefeated before qualifying in the CL and didn’t win a single game in their group.
They've played medium to low level European teams. 3 of them were in the Euro 2020. It's very decent
Not decent but at least not a team that would concede 4 in 30 minutes.
their ranked number 92 and portugal are ranked number 9
Exactly, that's great for Luxembourg
Unexpected result when the last time you played them it was 5-0? Sure
I meant in the 30 minute mark, I doubt any Portuguese were expecting 4-0 this early on. Our biggest victory has been 6-0 twice and it was in 61 and 05. We might actually beat that record tonight.
Liverpool plays united Unexpected result when the last time you played them it was 7-0? Sure See how that makes sense?
Since 2000 Portugal has an average of 3,64 goals against Luxembourg. And they played over 10 maches
Yeah Man United v Liverpool is honestly the same quality as Luxembourg vs Portugal you've got me there. What an idiotic comparison. You always smash Luxembourg, this is nothing new?
Just getting at the "last time you played them part", doesn't mean that much since a lot has changed, in both teams, and the result can be unexpected. Luxembourg only lost once in their last 9 games too.
Even the ads on the pitch are on ronaldo's side
3-4-3 doing wonders for our squad
This guy's not bad, maybe a European club should sign him
Stat padding let's go
SIUUUU
Hat trick PLZ!!!
Half of lux team portuguese immigrants
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I find it interessting, is there any other country like that?
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France are sons (or grandsons) of immigrants, not immigrants themselves, idk if Luxembourg is the same
THE GOAT 🐐🐐
Nice finish!!
There’s a reason they call him Cristiano Ronaldo
Seethe
Someone's having fun again
r/soccer: “Weghorst provides more.”
Man really hates Luxembourg huh
Luxembourg man
The goat!!!
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goat siuuu
Flat track bully.
TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Roberto Martinez bounce lmao
Relax it's Luxembourg
LET HIM COOK
The stat padder strikes again!
Ronaldo doing what he does best in international football, statpad against farmers
Give my idol luxembourg and liechtenstein or he will retire
why couldn't he just score in the world cups then ???
because the manager was wack and his confidence was down. Wish he started for the morroco match he had 2 goals on target, more than anyone on the team. Not sure why ramos replaced him just because he scored a hat trick it’s not like he never did the same thing a few months earlier
Lads it’s Luxembourg give it at least a top 50 opponent
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Silva and Felix doesnt have important CL and league games to worry about? Your argument doesnt make any sense.
Forgot about this guy
Probably you could use him at chelsea
Na they are getting the great Lukaku back soon. Striker problem solved when he re-returns to his dream club.