24. Portugal
The one thing Portugal did well was pass the ball. Their defense was atrocious, considering Pepe was out for 1.5 matches and they lost Fabio Coentrao to a hamstring injury. Cristiano Ronaldo shouldn’t have even played on his knee injury if that’s the kind of performance he was going to give.
Goals Scored: 4 (15th)
Goals Conceded: 7 (25th)
Completed Passes: 79% (5th)
Attacks: 129 (23rd)
Shot on goal per total shots: 53% (22nd)
Possession: 50.7% (16th)
Completed Clearances: 67% (32nd)
Saves: 7 (29th)
Alec Kleyer
Alec Kleyer is a second year student at Macaulay Honors College. He's played, watched, analyzed soccer/futbol most of his life. Visit his blog at knlsoccer.com for soccer news outside of the World Cup!