Footballer Bernardo Silva on Monday emphasized his huge ambition to win a European or World Cup with the Portuguese team, ensuring maximum collective focus to achieve the target in the 2024 continental competition.
“At national team level I have a great ambition to one day win a European or World Cup for our country, something I have never achieved. I have already won a Nations League, but without a doubt the weight of a European or World Cup is completely different. I have the desire to try to help the team achieve this goal,” said the midfielder, speaking to journalists at the end of the Quinas de Ouro gala, in which he was awarded together with Rúben Dias for the last winning the Champions League once, playing for English club Manchester City.
Bernardo Silva warned of the difficulty of the final stages of the 2024 European Championship, which will be held in Germany.
“We are candidates, but let’s take it from match to match. It is not worth imagining ourselves with the cup in our hands. It is worth looking at the draw and analyzing our opponents, but without a doubt, with great ambition we will not escape the responsibilities. we must try to fight for the title with this generation of such good players,” he said.
The ‘quinas’ team secured a perfect qualifying stage for Euro2024 on Sunday, with 10 wins in as many matches, which was a “very positive” qualification, although it would be more important to “prepare the squad than the 10 wins”. “.
“It’s always a bit difficult at the start of qualifying to think that we’re going to win every game. Portugal always comes in to win, whoever it is, whoever it is with. That’s what we tried to do. Little by little we started to win, to win and to believe that it was possible. For me it is not very relevant. The most important thing is to prepare the team as best as possible for the upcoming matches and to arrive fully prepared a difficult competition,” he emphasized.
So the goal until the summer is to “nourish and create positive energy in the team” to reach the European Championship and “be prepared to make our country proud again and try to win this competition”, Bernardo also surmised Silva.
The 29-year-old midfielder was trained at Benfica and was very happy with the emergence of new talents from the ‘red’, namely João Neves, who has already reached the main team at the age of 19 and has “a promising future moving forward”. .
“Quality players can play in any championship. What I see is a João Neves who is very focused on his club, which is the most important thing at the moment. He is a very young player, with a promising future ahead of him.” He has already reached the national team, he has settled very well and integrated in the best way. If the selector thinks so, he is another person who can help us win the European Championship,” praised the Portuguese player.
Source: DN
