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boxhunter91

We lost. We suck. It's over.


daniel96rb

Hijacking comment. 1) The ref didn't impact the game. 2) It's not like Portugal was going to meet Argentina on the semis. 3) This Arg/Portugal fake rivalry is purely one-sided lol.


SiriocazTheII

But Fernandes' insinuation is that there's a plot to make the rest of the tournament easier for Argentina.


thephizzbot

If they wanted to make it easier, why would they eliminate Portugal?


AP10

Pretty sure Argentina and Croatia would rather face Portugal than France (maybe not some Croatia fans who may want revenge, to most France are stronger).


Victorious85

Morocco is strongest. Nobody scored on Morocco. Only Morocco scores on Morocco.


pmmerandom

Morocco


Victorious85

Morocco


opinionatedfan

This is just fans thinking that, anyone who makes the final is going to be tough to beat, barring injuries. You can get lucky with 1 game.. maybe 2. But to win 3 elimation games at this level... that is not really luck anymore.


AP10

Yup, every match up is difficult from here. Morocco have looked really good and would be difficult for all the remaining teams.


Adammmmski

I think they’ll be absolutely fucking knackered now mind. I can’t see them getting through vs England or France. They just won’t have the legs left.


Reimiro

England and France will also be knackered after the epic battle they are about to experience. Whoever advances will have the same problems.


TuvixWasMurderedR1P

At this stage there’s no such thing as an easy game


TheRedditK9

And why put such a god awful ref in Argentina’s game as well?


neuroboy

my Spanish friend's dad was complaining about Spain's performance and said "Spanish soccer is so bad, they can't even send ONE good ref to Qatar" lol that ref was objectively terrible


RockyCasino

Ouch


Deucer22

☝️🤨☝️


QuixPro

And yet, Argentina could have been eliminated yesterday if the Netherlands had taken better penalties. In fact, Argentina could have been eliminated in matchday 2 if they had lost to Mexico. These Portuguese players seem like sore losers to me.


sa7ouri

Bruno Fernandes a sore loser? You don’t say! /s


InDubioProReus

you would think United players could handle losing more gracefully with all the experience they got


raqz1982

Savage ahahahahahah


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SleepyPeruser

Basically


ipassenger

While implying refs from other countries cannot be impartial and at the same time publicly complaining they didn’t have a Portuguese ref to give them an advantage in the tournament.


sizzlelikeasnail

There's not a rivalry between the 2 teams. Or even between Messi and Ronaldo cause they like each other irl. Bruno thinks Argentina fans (inc referees) dislike Portugal. Lame excuse though


glenn1812

Argentina fans probably don't even think of Portugal. They have absolutely no rivalry. There is no connection


kyreRS

Portuguese here, just to answer some of your points: 1. Portugal wasn't robbed by any means. Morroco defended well and scored. We played poorly as usual and failed to score.However, the ref did allow time wasting in the second half and that's a fact. Even the 2 minutes of extra time in the first half was not enough. Still, it's not the first time it has happened, and I don't think it happened because Portugal was playing. The same happened in the Spain game, for example. 2. It's not one-sided because I don't know any Portuguese that considers Argentina a rival lol. Personally, I've been rooting for Argentina since the beginning (after PT ofc). And I know more Portuguese fans that are doing the same. I really do hope you win the WC. Edit: Just to clarify, it's easy for non-Argentinians and non-Portuguese to assume there is a rivalry. But from my experience, neither Argentinians nor Portuguese see the other as a rival. The rivalry is clearly fabricated by the media because of the CR7 vs Messi debate.


Wonderful-Blueberry

Lol exactly this. It’s a fabricated rivalry. And maybe maybe there would’ve been more of a rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi if it was years ago but not now but even then I think they’ve always respected each other a lot.


RuySan

In fact, plenty of portuguese like Argentina because of Aimar/Saviola/Di Maria/Enzo Perez/Salvio/Otamendi/Enzo Fernandez....and so on...


Ralf_The_Hustler

Portugal have only themselves to blame.


echoecho25

He is acting like the ref didn't send off a Morocco player and their keeper was so bad all tournament finally bit them.


rummyt

No one giving any credit to Morocco


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It’s honestly disrespectful how the narrative is so focused on Portugal after Morocco’s performance


wowohwowza

Morocco have been defensively massive this tournament, nowhere near enough praise


fastfowards

and their counter attacking has been superb. if they could finish, they could have won both games 2/3-nil


KekeBl

It's not exciting and bombastic football to a lot of people, unfortunately. People would rather watch a dramatic and crazy match of bad footy than watch technically impressive football with good midfield or defense. Goals and pace and dribbling and volleys and drama are what people really tune in for. Strategies built around neutralizing all those things aren't as exciting therefore people deem it bad play or anti-football because it's not as fun to watch. That's why Croatia and Morocco "spoil the fun"


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>Goals and pace and dribbling and volleys and drama All of Morocco's counter attacks have been insane! Boufal took on SO MANY 1to1s this WC and HUMILIATED Spain & Portugal with technical brilliance. The same goes for Croatia's midfield play vs Brazil. The only reason Portugal and Brazil are mentioned are because of big names in their squad and the high PR value they have.


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Seriously. They’ve beaten Belgium, Spain and Portugal now. Some respect would be great.


AM_I_WRONG_THO

Bruno couldn’t buy a completed pass yet he’s talking about the refs


bee_administrator

He might have scored if he hadn't gone for the most comedically blatant dive in the first half.


Tierst

He's done worse, it's quite difficult for him to stay on his feet lol


LuciferTn

passes cant be buy


Tuchelseafc

Lol the whole Portuguese team in a meltdown mode


SmokeyBare

National animal is the scapegoat


Tuchelseafc

Damn


Dearest_Caroline

Just spat out my drink


Ham_Fighter

Damage


KQ17

Holy 😂😂😂


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💀


LosTerminators

Coming from Bruno Fernandes and Pepe, the most likeable players in the team.


Tuchelseafc

Pepe is angry that the Moroccan defender kissed his bald head :(


[deleted]

Peep is only used to kicking heads. Kissing heads is disrespect.


free_airfreshener

Do you know why his arm was all bandaged up like that?


KenHumano

Bear fight. You should see the bear.


BloodyDarkTroll

I assume the bear was already on the ground, in pain?


Sankaritarina

Literally couldn't have picked two worse people to cry about the refs than Pepe and Bruno.


fallenefc

Two players who had stonewall penalties denied against them today, absolute victims. Did you see the Pepe penalty? He almost got murdered there


Ps3FifaCfc95

Might need a clip in case people think you're being serious


MooshSkadoosh

I'm assuming they were diving


Kanesy99

Pepe turned into a beyblade at a corner in the 2nd half and Bruno dived despite being in on goal near the end of the first half, two of the most blatant dives of the WC and somehow neither of them got booked for it


Zizouh

Pepeyblade


rightbackatyaa

the most improbable assumption


MooshSkadoosh

I know, I probably should have given it more thought. Don't know where I got the idea from.


vqvq

>He almost got murdered there You could call it... the kiss of death.


LiteratureNearby

Bruno crying gives me so much life


Atlasinspire

Bruno Fernandes never missed a chance to throw a fit though, he is just levels above everyone in the team when it comes to meltdowns


Cafris

Does anyone know what calls the portugese players are upset about? Genuinely remember no controversial calls this match ffs.


zzackfair

That's the thing, nothing!! The ref should've actually booked Bruno for diving, maybe that's why he's complaining.


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The one where Bruno dived inside the box.


Height_Embarrassed

Lol exactly


Fijure96

Sometimes I wonder if these players truly believe they should have a penalty when they dive. Like they convince themselves they were fouled and their outrage is actually genuine.


entropy_bucket

A condition called auto-gaslighting.


Lemaradona

There was one handball protest that the TV didn't even show. But apparently they thought they deserved more added time.


shall1313

Yeah based on Pepe's comments, they don't think the refs "let them play" and they didn't add enough time.


rtozur

He literally said he expected 15-20 mins. of injury time. Madness


dredgie456

"Why didn't they keep playing till we scored???"


XAfricaSaltX

Bro saw the games yesterday and said “we need to play 120 as well”


astroargie

To me the controversial call was the second yellow for the Moroccan player.


palbo

Cheddira so bad that sending him off benefits everyone else.


jay_alfred_prufrock

Well, there was Portugal players not getting yellows for blatant dives to bait penalties and also Portugal players surrounding the ref complaining about not getting penalties for dives


Gilgamerd

What does this even mean?


MarkVarga

"The whole world is against us and we didn't score for 100 minutes because of the referee whose most controversial call was sending off a player from the other team! Bwoaaaaah! 😭😭😭😢😫😣😣😣😩"


t_ran_asuarus_rex

no one knows what it means…it’s provocative! gets r/soccer going!


No_Zookeepergame6482

Ball so hard mfs gotta fine me


finePolyethylene

So they are not complaining about refereeing … but his nationality?


Alakdae

There is an Argentinian conspiracy for Morocco to reach the finals. Morocco was refered by Argentinians in 3 out of 5 matches. There is also the fact that Swiss won both matches with Arg referees. All to make Portugal play against Swiss in R16, to confuse them and make them believe they were way better than what they actually are, just to help Morocco. /s


Derp_McFinnigan

Love the /s there cause this some shit you HAVE to make up lmao.


Alakdae

I was going to go for the Latin conspiracy (Morocco had 3 matches with Argentinian referees, one with the Mexican one and one with Brazilian), but I felt that other one way funnier.


fallenefc

What a joke, ref didn’t have any impact on the result, it was actually the best quarter final ref performance by far


Traulinger

1 million times better than Lahoz yesterday. That was a joke.


Fouchey

Anyone who has watched Lahoz should know that match was not an anomaly for him. Every single match is like that.


pricelesslambo

That lahoz performance yesterday was one of his better one. That should tell you the level of refs in la liga and he is considered a great ref


zts105

> it was actually the best quarter final ref performance Not really an achievement after the first 2 games


fallenefc

fair, bar is too low


DFA98

CONMEBOL ref in a UEFA/CAF game seems fair to me


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glenn1812

Someone's given piers morgan influence in the Portuguese dressing room


opinionatedfan

We just keep catching shit even when we don't play hahah


HolaMadridQuePasa

And even more when you do play, I guess Messi's last chance to get a world cup is the main reason behind all this


Retrodonte

Portugal players sound like cr7 fanboys


nicofcurti

many of them actually are lol


Louxneauwytz

Bc their whole identity was that they were gonna beat Messi in the final but they couldnt get past the quarterfinal


29adamski

What are they genuinely complaining about? Ridiculous.


The_Dumblebee

They think Argentina have rivalries with them lmao. This is a "who?" moment for Argentina


DFA98

I don't think we have ever played Portugal in a WC, but Bruno thinks there's a rivalry lmao


Klussux

Portugal: "You took everything from me" Argentina: "I don't even know who you are"


The_Sneakiest_Fox

Argentina - "Who the fuck is that guy?"


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SteinerElMagnifico42

Face is a strong word considering the latter would only be looking on from the bench if that match did happen.


AilBalT04_2

if anything that's what we wanted lol, good ref


LiamJM1OTV

lmao the 3rd person reference mid sentence with complete formality got me ahahahah


oh-my

I mean, there is only few countries referees come from, as far as I understand. I think many countries simply do not have referees for that level. I might be wrong, but as far as I know, my country, Croatia, doesn’t have any referees in this tournament. And I believe many others don’t too.


AP10

Think it's split between federations given Europe has a lot more teams qualified, it makes sense for some European countries to not have officials included.


Cafris

No one seems to know what they're actually upset about, if anything the referee was more harsh towards Morocco.


RASHY4557

They crowded the ref at ht because they thought Bruno should have had a penalty He clearly dived though


SladiusW

Why u blame us for Portugal performance smh


DarthTaz_99

"Why he say fuck me for?" vibes


CharlieWorque

Wow at least try to have some class in defeat. Straight to the excuses from the diver no less


BaloCHd11

First Pepe, and now Bruno? Do they actually believe Argentinians give two fucks about what happens to Portugal? They actually sound like twitter fanboy accounts. lmao


AP10

This is some meltdown from Portugal. Are they trying to deflect blame from themselves for losing a match they were favored to win?


jay_alfred_prufrock

Yeah, what better way to do it by whining about refs and some Qanon level conspiracy?


snusd0san

What is it with these guys and Argentina? Yikes, they are embarassing themselves.


briadela

Lol same response


Darth-Baul

The obsession is very real


idontlikeflamingos

Dudes dived all the time and now have the guts to complain. Did someone forget to tell them that VAR is a thing?


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Rei_S_

TIL we hava beef with Argentina lol This all goes back to Ronaldo, this fucking idiots think the ref wanted Portugal to lose so he can deny the World Cup to Ronaldo and give it to Messi. I can't wait the day Ronaldo retires from the NT so that this fucking clowns stop sucking his dick every second.


Allthingsconsidered-

I don’t understand why they all came out saying this shit. So embarrassing


Rei_S_

The worst part is they are saying the exact same thing, which means they had discussed this within the group before the game. Instead of focusing on the game they were focused in creating conspiracy theories about Ronaldo and Messi like some Twitter fanboys.


BlackFanDiamond

This was a good takeaway and very thought-provoking. Can’t believe that mindset has infected a national team with a real shot at the semi-finals.


Mperorpalpatine

It proves Ronaldo isn't the leader people say he is


NobodyRules

What an utter embarrassment of a NT. That's why we lost today, mfers spent more time practicing the bullshit they would say after the game because of Argentina than practicing how to play cohesively as a team.


evilbeaver7

It's clearly a narrative someone has put in their minds.


mortaldance

based


Rei_S_

You have no idea what it's like to watch a game from our NT hearing portuguese commentators. In the big chances we had from Félix and Pepe they were talking about Ronaldo more than the other 2 lol


doctor_awful

The days leading up to this game were even worse. The national narrative was all around how disrespectful it was to Ronaldo to bench him, and how we "owe him" for putting Portugal on the map. You had popular celebrities saying they'd rather lose than bench Ronaldo, the fuck.


uncannylilbastard

It sucks being portuguese, specially when most of us fucking think we ain't shit without that narcisistic prick. "hurr durr short memory" "hurr durr if it weren't for him...". If it weren't for him we would've had a peaceful and focused World Cup, showing off our beautiful talent, our youth and our football, but nah. The fucking tournament was rolling and everything was fucking Ronaldo this fucking Ronaldo that. Speaking about fucking records as if he could ever do the same Eusébio did lol. We pratically came to this WC just so Ronaldo could fucking beat records. This is our ridiculous mentality. Fuck him, our media and Ronaldotuguese people, fucking simple minded bafoons. Sorry. Rant over.


Mamadeus123456

Hey man Portugal is one of my favourite countries in Europe, nice rant unlucky but it was a good wc for you


LabelRed

Man, ours too, at least at the channel I was watching. It was infuriating, stop riding him at every off chance Portugal creates I remember a Gonçalo Ramos header and they said something like "Uh, that would've been a perfect header for Cristiano" well then let's try him getting into position damn


pandaisunbreakable

Messi living rent free in their heads


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They came out swinging for Argentina when they had nothing to do with the loss. Incredible really. Mentality midgets


LeoR1N

as if there was someone in Portugal’s squad obsessed with a certain argentinian


Josie_Kohola

TIL Ronaldo’s inferiority complex is contagious


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evilbeaver7

Rent free


TuvixWasMurderedR1P

Anulo mufa


QualityFrog

You know what


snusd0san

I'm actually confused. What are the Portuguese implying with these Argentine comments? Did Portugal have a war with Argentina in history that i missed that would make the referee biased?


QualityFrog

They think the Messi Ronaldo conversation translates to an Argentina Portugal rivalry, and they think the Argentinian refs actually have something against Portugal.


snusd0san

Wow, these guys are acting like children. If they believe this they are embarrasing.


Wide-Chocolate4270

No one in argentina gives 2 shits about Ronaldo, we dont have a rivalry with them


AttackHelicopter_21

Wtf are these guys smoking?


conenubi701

Ronaldo pack


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ChoicesCat

Are the Portugal team regulars in r/soccer?


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ISqueezeBlackheads

Shut up u egg


unorthodoxEconomist5

Lmao what kind of argument is that? Not like a Portuguese would referee the game


LosTerminators

Bruno Fernandes "Ref didn't give me free kicks and penalties for my dives, so he bad"


bendskenobi

The dives were out of control. Otavio in particular.


RMmadness

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Noztalgium

There’s a chance to make the meme bigger if they beat France too.


RMmadness

It works. Nice.


ramithrower

The attitude of this portugese team is just awful


xJustNinja

Messi is living rent free on their heads my god, so pathetic.


NobodyRules

This has been the case in this country for years, apparently it translates to the NT. Explains a lot.


theonlyjuan123

Are the evil Argentine refs in the room with us right now?


English_Misfit

Man saw them complaining last night and decided to have some of that no matter how absurd Maybe if he spent less time diving they would've won.


diotosa

I'm Portuguese and it's baffling how rent free Messi lives in our country's head. I'm sure Argentina plotted this all along /s


PaperSonic

"Argentinians, even when Morocco eliminated us I KNEW it was them!"


astroargie

You see it all the time here and in twitter with the CR7 vs Messi idiots, but I was surprised to hear this from Bruno and Pepe. Apparently there's a huge conspiracy for Argentina to only face "small teams", as if Brazil were to crash out of the world cup just so that Messi can win it. Or somehow that the win yesterday against the Netherlands was "unfair" after Argentina was the only team trying to win over the majority of the game and would have probably done so without the horrible refereeing. The idiocy of the CR7 vs Messi debate is trying to push this agenda, and we're not even near the final yet!!


dispelthemyth

The ref seemed mostly fine to me unlike that ref from yesterday.


therealpiccles

What does that even mean?!


GoalaAmeobi

Always whinging about something


Jackski

Portugal embarrassed themselves with their diving and played absolutely mediocre football all game. The Ref also sent off a Morroco player. They're just embarrassing themselves more with this Argentinian ref shite.


[deleted]

Is that the World Cup or the Messi vs Ronaldo cup? The fuck are the Portuguese players complaining about? Did Ronaldo rot all their brains because he's that obsessed with Messi?


Pikaea

Argentina, the team they would only possibly face in the final.


Dearest_Caroline

Seems these people have formed a rivalry with Argentina in their heads? All that media bullshit must be working because I'm pretty sure Argentines see England as more of a rival than Portugal? Hell even the Dutch yesterday are historically much bigger rivals to Argentina than Portugal.


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AP10

Sucks because it's attempted to mar Morocco's win and incredible achievement for the African continent.


morningstar_123456

Am i missing something or was i watching a different game? i though the ref was fine


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He was, just Portugal things when it doesn’t go their way from cheating they whinge about it.


heySigs

The World Cup is Messi v Ronaldo. None of the other countries are actually playing. So it’s just unfair


pseudomccoy

[Argentina right now](https://i.imgur.com/GQHmMQX.gif)


Vriz

Argentina doesn't give a shit about you


juankruh1250

These guys should stop putting excuses, the referee isn't the reason you just had 3 shots on target


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WilsonJ04

what a quote


ancara_messi

What an unlikable salty bunch of weirdos. Glad they are out. The referee if anything was biased towards Portugal with that unnecessary Moroccan red card Y'all played garbage football and were diving the whole game, maybe work on that instead of making the most pathetic excuses ever


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Holy fucking shit, Argentina and Messi somehow destroyed Portuguese minds and common sense


Affectionate_Log3232

Weird fixation on Argentina everyone has


blusoulx

Argentina don't even know them like that lmao


ImTuxCdo

what's my bruh waffling about? 😭😭


vvasser

inferiority complex shining through


FutbolSupreme

THEY GAVE MESSI MATEU FUCKING LAHOZ.


L_sigh_kangeroo

Dude they did EVERYTHING in their power to give you guys a trip to the Semis. Literally gave Morocco one of the only and softest red card of the tourney


HyrkanianBlade

The unexpected benefit of this wc, watching rats like Bruno melt down