The President of the Republic congratulated this Monday the victory of Portugal over Uruguay in the Soccer World Cup, he chose Bruno Fernandes as the man of the match and said that he hopes that the Portuguese team will face Brazil in the final.
Speaking to reporters in Braga, where he watched the match with hundreds of youngsters, Marcelo also singled out goalkeeper Diogo Costa, defenders Pepe and João Cancelo, and the “brutal effort” of captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
“I think maybe Bruno Fernandes deserves [a eleição como melhor em campo]🇧🇷 He scored a goal, hit the post and was very consistent from the beginning to the end of the game. Diogo Costa defended very well, but Bruno Fernandes was there from start to finish, ”he said.
Marcelo said that he “had the intuition” that Portugal would win and stressed that he was right in the result, in the prediction he had made this afternoon.
Portugal beat Uruguay 2-0 today and qualified for the next stage of the World Cup, which is played in Qatar.
In the analysis of the game, “Mr. Marcelo” considered that Portugal had a “good” first half, although “less good” in the final part.
“The second was very good, everything went well, it’s a fair result,” he said, noting that Portugal hadn’t finished a game like this in a long time, without suffering in the final minutes.
Individualizing, and in addition to the choice of Bruno Fernandes as man from the field, he said that Diogo Costa defended “very well”, that Ronaldo “made a brutal effort”, that João Cancelo was much better and that Pepe “provided a lot of security”.
“I’m not an expert on this, but they all played very well,” he added.
According to Marcelo, the also national coach, Fernando Santos, did well to refresh the team and “put three youngsters with legs”.
“At that moment, Uruguay was definitely disoriented,” he concluded, for whom today’s victory meant “a great joy for Portugal.”
Source: TSF
