Reserve goalkeeper Beto said on Wednesday that Portugal can put their opening match horror show behind them and keep their FIFA World Cup™ hopes alive, as well as insisting the reason Cristiano Ronaldo is playing is because he is fully fit.
Paulo Bento's side got off to the worst possible start in Brazil with a 4-0 drubbing from Germany in Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova on Monday as Thomas Muller netted a hat-trick.
Real Madrid star and Portugal captain Ronaldo, who came into the tournament on the back of knee and thigh injuries, failed to sparkle as his team sank to ignominious defeat in the Group G encounter.
On a night, when nothing went right for the world's fourth-ranked side, Pepe was sent off for a head-butt and Fábio Coentrão sustained a thigh injury that rules him out of the rest of the tournament. But Beto, in line to take over goalkeeping duties after first choice Rui Patricio suffered a tear in his thigh, said if Portugal played to their potential, they would beat the United States on Sunday.
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