The Junkiez would be exploring 5 international teams and link physicality to the counrty's football. First the Portuguese Pretty Boys, headed by Ronaldo, Quaresma and Nani. Over the years Portugal have been known to produce the most fancy wingers known to world football. Figo, Ronaldo, Quaresma, Nani, Simao......and the list goes on. Its almost as if to be in the Portuguese team the requirement is to move your feet 5 rpms a second! When you hear "pretty" used as a football terms, you think of fancy footwork, bended free kicks and inch-perfect crosses.
The only down-side is that pretty in football also brings with it "soft". The players sometimes lack that physicality in thier game and they sometimes have to rely on their speed and not strength to win balls. They are also get frustrated easily, its as if they' ve been spoilt their entire lives and as soon as a Cambiasso or a De Rossi runs them over they want to cry. They also concede many fouls, as you expect from footballers whose main goal seems to be to embarass the opposition. This can be both good and bad since one of two things can happen. 1. Someone can step up and bend the ball into the onion bag or place a cross right on your eyelids OR the referee begins to get fed up with you and totally ignore you EVERYTIME.
All in all Portugal has brought nothing but interest and flair into this beautiful sport. Not every team in the world produce 7 out of 11 players that can move the ball so fast it breaks your ankles, bend a ball like a boomerang or could place a cross on your nose-peak. I mean lets be serious.....RICARDO can do it! God Bless the Portuguese.
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