3 Things Portugal Should Test in Friendly vs. Estonia

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Published: June 4, 2016

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Thursday’s 1-0 defeat to England at Wembley might have ended in miserable fashion for the visiting Portuguese thanks to Chris Smalling’s late winner, but it would have given coach Fernando Santos plenty of food for thought ahead of the Euro 2016 finals.

With the final week of preparations now coming into view, Santos will look to use Wednesday’s friendly against Estonia in Lisbon as the final chance to put plans into place for his assault on Group F.

Iceland, Austria and Hungary are opponents in France for a Portuguese side seemingly travelling with very little expectation, and after a largely impressive defensive display in London following Bruno Alves’ first-half red card, it’ll be attack on the agenda against Estonia in the nation’s capital.

Here are three things that Santos might want to check out.

 

An Attacking Quartet of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Quaresma, Nani and Renato Sanches



Still recovering from a Champions League final in which he seemed to spend most of his time grimacing and looking at the big screen until his winning penalty in the shootout, Cristiano Ronaldo will return to action for his country in Lisbon, and not before time.

They were obviously hampered by the red card, but Portugal failed to muster a single shot on target against England at Wembley, per the BBC. Home goalkeeper Joe Hart was reduced to the role of spectator in what was a fairly dull spectacle.

With Ronaldo available again for the Estonia clash, Santos should use him in a central role, flanked by Portugal’s other attacking talents.

Nani started at Wembley and was largely ineffective, but he deserves another shot against Estonia, when he should be visible cutting in from the right-hand side.

On the left, Ricardo Quaresma offered a decent late cameo on Thursday night and should be picked again, with the Be...
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