Ramos speaks out after disappointing Portugal result vs. Denmark: “Something that happens”

It’s fair to say that Ramos’ start to life with Milan has been unsatisfactory. The Portuguese started brightly in his first two games, but has since struggled to really hit the highs expected of him after an almost €90 million deal was agreed in the summer.

With another international break, the hope was that he’d rediscover the form from the last set of games and bring it back to San Siro, but it hasn’t happened that way yet.

Speaking in the mixed zone after Portugal’s heavy defeat, Ramos looked at what went wrong in the game and what needs to be corrected next time, as MilanPress relays.

“I think it was a tough match. They studied our team well, and even the details ultimately fell in their favour. Then we ended up losing momentum a bit, but that’s something that happens and is part of it.

“We’re first in the most important group. We already have another match in three days, so it’s not worth dwelling too much on what happened today. There’s already a match ahead, and it’s very important.”

“In the end, they managed to apply better pressure on us. We weren’t able to find many options, and that ended up hurting our game because we like to have clean, controlled possession of the ball, and that’s what makes the difference in our game.

“On the one hand, it’s good to have a match in three days and not have to spend three or four months thinking about a defeat like that. We already have a game to respond and to erase what happened here today.

“The conversation in the locker room after the game was that we’re first and we have a game to clean up after what happened today. That’s the goal of the team and the group.”

Considering he’s now the out-and-out first-choice striker for Portugal, it’s a lot of pressure on his shoulders for club and country. Hopefully he can start to thrive under the pressure, rather than succumbing to it.