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Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPN FC. We have Alimirano, Steve Eniccle

and myself, K Murri here in the studio on what is the first day without World Cup football

in what feels like forever. But worry not, there is still a lot to look forward to with

those big name quarterfinals coming up. We've also got Stuart Robson with us and outside

the Portugal team hotel in Qatar is Alexis Nunes and that's exactly where we will be starting

tonight with all the talk from the Portugal camp. After booking their spots in the quarter

finals, it was a super showing from 21-year-old Gonzalo Ramos, wasn't it a hat trick and an

assist on his first start in the World Cup. Portuguese media, understandably, swooning

over the youngster. Anyway, when asked about Cristiano Ronaldo, the man he replaced in the

starting 11, being benched Fernando Santos, the Portugal manager said, there is no problem

with our captain, we've been friends for years, we spoke before the game and he had no issue

with my decision. He's an example. Ronaldo himself took to Instagram to say incredible day

for Portugal with a historic result in the biggest competition in World Football, luxury

exhibition of a team full of talent and youth, a cello-sau, that is to be congratulated.

The dream is alive until the end, strength Portugal. Now, Ali, we talked about this yesterday,

the fact that he was benched by Fernando Santos, but Stevie, this is the first time we've

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