19/06/2026
Sad to see how Ronaldo is handicapping Portugal ๐ต๐น and Bruno Fernandes. Still love Cristiano but he cost Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his job and now heโs dragging his country down. Surely heโd be far more effective as a super sub when opponents are tired. JG
๐ฅ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ โ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ
Five years on, Roberto Martinez is no closer to solving the problem that derailed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United. How do you fit Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo in the same team?
As Portugal stumbled through their opening World Cup game against DR Congo, Ronaldo was a passenger โ flopping when every other major forward has come to the party in North America. Thierry Henry was scathing, pointing out a key moment where the 41-year-old cut into Fernandes' path instead of dragging a defender away.
"The team needs to score, not you need to score," Henry said.
It's a problem United fans know well. When Ronaldo returned to Old Trafford in 2021, Fernandes had his worst season at the club โ 10 goals in 46 games. The season before, without Ronaldo, he scored 28 in 58. Since Ronaldo left, this has become Fernandes' team once again. That didn't happen in time to save Solskjaer. After Portugal's opener, it might not happen in time to save Martinez either.