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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4471396, member: 405"] I don't think they have enough goals in their side. Embolo is good, but Shaqiri doesn't strike me as a guy who is going to get enough big goals to carry a team deep in a tournament. They have some talent in midfield (Xhaka, Vargas, Jashari, Zakari, Fassnacht), and in defense (Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez), but I think Portugal has a better team. Take Ronaldo out of it. They still have Joao Felix, Bruno Fernandez, Bernardo Silva and Rafael Leao in attack, along with William Carvalho, Ruben Neves and Joao Mario in central / holding midfield. On defense, Pepe looks 100 years old, and really shouldn't start any more games for them, absent injury. They have Ruben Diaz from Man City, Dalot and Cancelo at the fullbacks, and 3 excellent goaltenders. I like Portugal. If Spain weren't playing so well right now, I think that at another moment in time Portugal could knock them off. [/QUOTE]