A giant screen reports a VAR incident is being reviewed during the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between Portugal and Mexico, at the Kazan Arena, Russia, Sunday, June 18, 2017.
SOCHI, Russia Mexico scored twice in a busy second-half performance to overcome New Zealand 2-1 on Wednesday and destroy the All Whites dreams of securing their first Confederations Cup victory at the 11th attempt.
"We played against Mexico in October away from home in front of 40-odd thousand Mexico fans and in that game we competed really well, we caused them a lot of problems", said the well-travelled former Newport County and Bahrain boss. I'm not going to sit here and say this is a learning experience because we want to actually get results here.
- Russian Federation are unbeaten in four games (W2 D2), their best run since going five games without defeat from September to November 2015 (W5).
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in that 7-1 win against Russian Federation, his fifth and sixth goals for Portugal and his first brace for his country.
"We know we didn't play well", he said.
The seventh-minute goal from Portugal captain made all the difference for the European champions who were happy to calmly carry the lead into the second half of the game.
Opposite number Osorio has a long-established commitment to rotating his line-up, often to the chagrin of Mexican fans and pundits, and the combination of a swift turnaround in playing time, alongside the relative weakness of the opposition, means he should be expected to ring the changes once more. Portugal has many good players along with Ronaldo.
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He's their star player, but Portugal would rather talk about anyone except Cristiano Ronaldo.
"I'm only focused on the national team and to go as far as possible here".
Reflecting on Saturday's display, and his new status, he added: "I do not feel like a hero, we have not done anything yet, this was just the first match".
When the man himself emerged for training at Moscow's Spartak stadium, he ignored waiting journalists before giving his teammates a quick nod and starting a ball-juggling exercise.
Opening goalscorer Quaresma, who benefited from a lovely Ronaldo pass, did speak briefly on his team-mate and long-time friend.
Nani's 21st minute goal was disallowed by video assistants because a Portugal player was offside in the build up to the goal.
Federation Internationale de Football Association has already fined Mexico for fans' homophobic chants during its qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup.
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