Nick Ames
speaker
377 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Nick Ames’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They're a good, good side.
Harold really enjoyed his first contribution, which was a square pass to Joao Cancelo in midfield.
They couldn't get enough of anything he did, to be honest.
But I have to say, he just didn't do enough.
Roberto Martinez came out afterwards and he had his excuses slash reasons ready for why that didn't happen.
The ball wasn't progressed down the wings enough, the cutbacks weren't there, that kind of thing.
And in the second half, there was a couple of cutbacks from a substitute, Conce Sal, who added a bit of directness down the right, and one was a bit behind Ronaldo, one he couldn't quite adjust his body, and he put them wide.
They weren't sitters, they were kind of half to a quarter chances, but...
But really, it was a slow and slightly pedestrian performance from Portugal who should have built on the platform of the early goal from João Neves.
And I just don't think it helped to have what is now a human void up top.
It's very hard to justify.
And then even with seven minutes to go, you see Gonzalo Ramos...
stripped and ready to go.
And I remember being at a game with Switzerland in Qatar in 2022 when they actually dropped Ronaldo and put Ramos in.
He goes and scores three and they win 6-1.
And I think, OK, maybe Ramos is coming on for Ronaldo again.
And instead he brings off Charles Felix and Ronaldo gets for 90 minutes or 98 minutes, whatever it was.
And I just...
I know he can pop up with a goal from a header in a set piece these days, and that's most of what he's got.
And I know Portugal were looking for a winner, but there is just scant justification for it.
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