It's funny... if it was Pato who scored such a hattrick, people from Milan to Montreal would be having a fit over such a performance. Galliani and Berlusca would both have two phones up to their grimy ears trying to secure a deal for the kid.
But since it's Adu, nobody cares. What on earth has Pato done anyway? Score a few wonder goals for Internacional? Most people here have only seen him on YouTube recollections anyway, so people cannot really be trusted. Fact of the matter is, both Adu and Pato are overrated. Unless they do something on the big stage with club or country they'll always be so, but what ticks me off is people not giving players a chance just because they're from a specific country. And furthermore, it pisses me off that a player can have an amazing performance and the only label he receives is "overrated."
If it was Rooney who scored the same goals Adu did yesterday, tabloids everywhere would be praising him. But hence the bias of idiots.
Don't assume things you don't know, please prove that point. Maybe they are just judging on his performances in the past don't assume it's because he's American and Pato is Brazilian.
Half your players are vastly overrated. Which is ironic considering the country we're discussing here.
How is it ironic, you're ironic. Portugal has never been a big country in terms of soccer and land so shut the hell up and learn your facts how many times has Portugal qualified for the World Cup, how many "Legendary Players" are they known to have, how many times did they qualify for the Euro, in fact how many times did they win any of these cups? I'll let you Wikipedia this yourself.
Ironic considering the country we're discussing here, did you watch the New Zealand game over-rated players my ass, Fabio Coentrao made it look easy, Bruno Gama isn't the type of player to try tricks he likes to get the job done, Pele controlled our midfield, our defence is probably our weaker point. Over-rated.
Please do Wikipedia those easy facts on Portugal, and don't say ironic considering the country we're dicussing because Portugal only shone when we had Eusebio, Figo, and now Ronaldo, they are starting to get better players now Portugal shouldn't be compared to Germany, Brazil, Italy, England, Argentina, because they have never been that big.