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Originally Posted by Beninho
Can’t say Portugal were all that impressive but a win is a win. After the first round of games it seems that the usual France, Spain, and Germany are a head above the rest. Hard to not put France with the other 2 even with a bad first game, they go deep in almost every major tournament since 2016. Looking forward to Italy-Spain on Thursday
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They weren't impressive, no. Martinez used a formation they've never used before. Doing it in a tournament opener is a weird time to do so.
They'll make plenty of changes to formation and deployment on Saturday.
Oh and yes, Germany looked strong in their opener(Scotland was horrendous) but the "usual head above the rest" term shouldn't apply to them. They've been quite poor the last three major tournaments. They're not the Germany of old.