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Uruguay's Last Dance, Neymar's 'Favourites' & The Group of Wonder-kids: The Big World Cup Preview Pt. 1

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Portugal - Is Ronaldo a Good Player?

I don't know how much Ronaldo really benefits them as a team. They probably won't concede many goals, but I just don't think they'll score that many considering the kind of attacking options they have. There's been three World Cups this century where Portugal haven't done well - 2002, 2014, 2018. Their last opponents in each of those tournaments were South Korea, Ghana and Uruguay. Which of those three do you think's best placed to beat Portugal, go on and win the group? Liam, you might have some good tactical insight on them. I've got a bit of a twinkle in my eye for South Korea. I mean, I would still go for Uruguayan

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