Diogo Costa – Dalot, Pereira, Antonio Silva, Inacio – Neto, Palhinha, J. Neves – Conceicao, Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Felix. This is the Portuguese starting eleven for the match against Georgia in Group F of the European Football Championship, in the third round.
Francisco Conceicao and Cristiano Ronaldo understand each other despite the age difference. Photo: AFP/Patricia De Melo Moreira
Just three players – Diogo Costa, Palhinha and Cristiano Ronaldo – remain from the 3-0 win over Turkey. So Roberto Martínez kept his word, Ronaldo is a starter. Obviously, because he is hungry for goals, since he has not yet scored in the European Championship. Young Francisco Conceicao, who scored the winning goal in extra time against the Czech Republic, will start for the first time.
Against the Turks, the Portuguese lined up like this with the substitutions: D. Costa – Cancelo (Semedo, 68), R. Dias, Pepe (A. Silva, 83), N. Mendes – Vitinha (J. Neves, 88. ), Palhinha (R. Neves, during the break), B. Fernandes – B. Silva, C. Ronaldo, Leao (Pedro Neto, during the break).
Many of the replacements from that time are now starting, so we cannot say that the Portuguese team is weak at all. According to human calculations, Portugal should beat Georgia in this composition as well.
Let it be stated again and again, the Hungarian national team will advance if neither Turkey nor Portugal lose against the Czech Republic or Georgia. The Opta computer analysis gives our chances of advancing to 60.18 percent.
