Although there is still a full year to go before the opening of the World Cup, for Portugal and Ronaldo, next year's March schedule is crucial, but now it is not only pressure on Ronaldo, but also the bad news, that is, B Fee and Felix have performed poorly this season, which will greatly reduce the strength of portugal teams, or will not qualify for the World Cup.
With the end of the group stage in the European division of the World Cup qualifiers, the teams that directly promoted and participated in the play-offs have all been released, unfortunately, the Portuguese team, which was divided into Group A, failed to achieve the first place in the group and had no choice but to enter the play-offs. In the play-offs, they face the famous nerve knife team Turkey, as well as The 2021 European Championship winner Italy. Turkey is ranked 37th in the world, but they can sometimes beat world-class teams such as France and the Netherlands, and sometimes lose to second-rate teams such as Hungary and Iceland, and it is not known what kind of state Turkey will be in next March.
Not to mention Italy, which won the European Championship without anyone's favor, but in the following World Preliminary Round, due to its own mistakes, it gave Switzerland a chance. They are now ranked No. 6 in the world, two places higher than Portugal, and in the 2021 Global Football Awards, Italy was named the National Team of the Year, the Italian manager was named the Coach of the Year, the main centre-back Bonucci was named the Defender of the Year, and Donnarumma was named the Goalkeeper of the Year. In the face of such an Italian team, even if there is C Ronaldo, Portugal's winning percentage is not large, especially in the case of two major generals in the state of no.
Bruno Fernandez and Felix have struggled this season and have far fallen short of what fans expected. Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandez, who was blown to the sky last season, and Portuguese fans have compared him to the current Premier League first midfielder De Bruyne, but this season, with the change of tactical system, the shortcomings of B fees have been infinitely magnified and have been exposed.
Last season, United implemented a quick counter-attack style of play, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer established the B fee as the core of the tactics, in such a system, B fee data is very good, whether it is goals or assists are at the top, even in the straight and create scoring opportunities in these categories can also stand out. But with the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, all this has fallen apart, and it is basically impossible for The current United to determine the core position of Cristiano Ronaldo while taking into account other players, and B Fee has become one of those victims.
Before C Ronaldo came, B Fei had become the big brother of the team, he ate the ball and ate the data, but after the arrival of C Ronaldo, he needed to give up all this and play the role of little brother with peace of mind, just like in the Portuguese national team. However, what is the B fee with C Ronaldo present, we can also clearly see in this year's European Championship, 4 games 0 goals and 0 assists, 7 European qualifiers 1 goal 2 assists, such data and he in Manchester United is almost two people. Therefore, the loss of B fee is actually inevitable, coupled with his kicking action is not small, and the number of times he loses the ball is also quite a lot, after losing his core position, his shortcomings have been exposed.
Now B fee has actually become "B waste", his negative role on the pitch is far greater than the positive role, he often passes some unexpected straight balls, which also leads to his pass success rate will be very low, such a situation will make Manchester United into a very passive situation, the opponent can directly face the back to promote the counterattack after breaking the ball. And his small actions sometimes are also easy to irritate opponents, and his and C Ronaldo's complaints about their teammates will also hit the morale of the team. People who have played the ball know how desperate it is to have such a teammate, and the behavior of teammates making mistakes will make teammates less and less confident.
In addition to the B fee, Felix, known as portugal's new C Ronaldo, also had a bad time. As we all know, what Simeone wants is actually 10 sapper players on the field except for the goalkeeper, and a single tactical routine is really difficult for a technical player like Felix to play. This season, he has played very little time, played 11 La Liga games, only 4 starts, 7 are substitutes, and only has 2 goals and 2 assists in 15 games in half a season, not to mention the next Ronaldo, and it may even be difficult to become the next Nani.
If Felix can transfer to a team like Manchester City in the next career, felix will surely become the core of the new generation in Portugal in time, but if he stays in Atletico for a long time, he will probably disappear.