Sitting on the grass and crestfallen, that’s the photo that illustrates today’s cover of the Record sports car.
The headlines of the main Portuguese newspapers describe Portugal’s defeat to Serbia as a “world shame” or “punishment more than deserved” and they post the photos of Cristiano Ronaldo’s frustration at the end of the match.
Sitting on the grass and crestfallen, that is the photo that illustrates the cover of today in the sports car Record, which calls yesterday’s loss to Serbia at Lisbon’s Estadio da Luz a “world shame.”
The media, in general, brand the approach of the Portugal team, which was worth a draw to be first in the group and go directly to the World Cup, as conservative.
“Little ambition for so much talent”, highlights today the generalist newspaper Public, while News Diary qualifies the defeat as an “ice bath.”
For the sporty The ball Portugal’s defeat against Serbia (1-2) was a “punishment more than deserved” and in their front page headline they chose the word “miserable” to sum up what happened last night.
For The game there was a “total eclipse” during the meeting that took place in Lisbon.
After the defeat, Portugal was relegated to second place and to be in the World Cup in Qatar they will have to play a play-off next March. (D)
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