World Cup 2018: 3 things we learnt from Portugal's group games

#2 Portugal's striker dilemma

Silva struck 9 times in the qualifiers but was a poor imitation of it against Iran

Cristiano Ronaldo has been paired up with both Goncalo Guedes and Andre Silva up front, but neither has truly impressed thus far.

In first two games, Guedes offered little to no threat going forward. He did claim the assist for Ronaldo's second against Spain but was at fault for missing a glorious chance after being through on goal when he shot straight at De Gea.

He was replaced by Silva in the final match against Iran, but the switch proved futile as the Milan starlet too, underwhelmed and was effortlessly dealt with by a stoic Iran defence.

In three games, Guedes and Silva were dispossessed for a total of 5 times combined and accounted for a single shot on target out of the 9 that Portugal registered in the 3 group games.

With Ronaldo also struggling recently, the youngsters were needed to step up and provide the Selecao with another viable goalscoring outlet. But much to their dismay, that hasn't been the case so far.