Fernando Santos made a monumental call but it paid off for Portugal as Goncalo Ramos helped them embrace a Cristiano Ronaldo truth Man Utd and Ten Hag recently realised.
, perhaps it was simply a case of six of one and half a dozen of the other.
And for a risk-averse manager, Santos was rolling the dice blindfolded: Portugal have lost just two of the 20 games Ronaldo has missed since Euro 2016, but both of those defeats were against Switzerland, the most recent of which came in June.
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