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Gab and Juls: Portugal's Ronaldo conundrum grows in Nations League win

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Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens wonder if Cristiano Ronaldo will still be the answer for Portugal at the 2026 World Cup after he helped fire Roberto Martinez's side past Spain to Nations League glory. In quick hits, Gab rips into Italy and the departing Luciano Spalletti, and the pair discuss all the latest transfer news and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm dab. He's Jules. Blue-ish guys. Greatish guys. I don't know because it's that time of year. Over West London, it doesn't matter. We have, there's a lot going on. People think you can see off-season. No more post-de-coldoo.

0:19.1

Norway beat, but beat somebody three-nailed, but not really impressive.

0:22.2

It hasn't qualified for World Cup in a long time.

0:25.1

But we have to start somewhere else.

0:27.7

Not with Killian and Bappe's little techers move, but we will get to that.

0:33.6

But how about Portugal winning the Nations League?

0:37.9

Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the goal that takes them into, takes them eventually to penalty kicks.

0:47.2

I don't want to, we have to make it all about Christianos that drives traffic.

0:51.2

But before we get to that, can we talk a little bit about Portugal as a team

0:55.3

battling back, Nuno Mendes, mastering everybody, starting with Laminia Maud.

1:00.5

Yeah, incredible performance from Nuno Mendes, the best left back in the world.

1:04.0

We said that before his 2025 has been just so, so impressive, the progress that he's made defensively.

1:12.5

And offensively, it was always very good anyway, but defensively to stop, basically,

1:20.5

Lamin Yamal in this game like he did with Sala and Saka in the knockout stages of the

1:24.1

Champions League.

1:25.2

And to a sudden extent, whoever played on his side in the

1:27.9

final against Inter was as been exceptional and in his game he scored the first goal he set up the

1:34.7

second goal and he was very good again defensively against I guess Lamine so an incredible performance

1:39.7

from him I mean I guess let me put in that that cross that led to the goal other than that

1:43.7

yeah and that was even like a second phase of that cross that led to the goal other than that.

1:47.6

Yeah, and that was even like a second phase on that cross. It's not even direct.

1:52.3

And you said, we said, okay, I have to give credit here. You said, I did not, I do not believe,

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