Portugal survived and Cristiano Ronaldo was the man who saved them—no change there, then—but after escaping from what was supposed to be a fairly simple Group F, the questions for manager Fernando Santos are multiplying.
The failure to beat any one of Iceland, Austria or Hungary is an alarming one for a nation which always comes into these tournaments considering themselves among the elite.
Ronaldo’s presence means they usually feature in the blockbusting commercials which get everyone hyped up, but this has been a clear failure to live up to that hype from this Portuguese vintage.
Much of the focus might be on Ronaldo—because, well, he’s Ronaldo—but against Hungary it was Santos’ defence which were all over the place.