Myth ? hardly...
take out Ronaldo & Pepe who play for RM ... who is in a top team apart from that ?
Old man Tiago in Atletico , Vierinha in Wolfsborg(Wolfsborg is having a rise so i'll count him in )
than you Moutinho in Monaco (and they are not a big club by any means not anymore ) , Beto (thankfully he was injured in the Barca game vs Seville )
so 4 players in top 3 clubs in big leagues , you can add Andre Gomez from Valencia to the mix when he plays & if he plays
that's it.. the rest of the squad are between Turkish clubs, Portuguese clubs & Russian
There is no proper CF not even a mediocre one... So CR play there
gone are the days when Portugal had most of the squad in Chelsea , Deco in Barca , CR in Man U , Figo in Inter/RM , Rui Costa in Milan etc
that was a really good team
this team for many years now has been nothing short of mediocre and managed by a less than average manager
They will have their rise probably after CR retire because they have some upcoming talents ... that's not to defend CR.. he probably contribute more to holding them back than giving them a boost on the pitch but for me Portugal are back to their usual mediocre self... a team which is good enough to reach a competition but not good enough to compete for the last 4 not since big Phil left