Bruno Fernandes was given wings in the national team, with the new on-field positioning assigned to him by coach Fernando Santos during the match against Ghana, when the team lost control of the game. The Manchester United midfielder, who had started in the middle of the field, moved to the right in exchange for Bernardo Silva and suddenly everything fell into place.
This idea is shared by Pedro Bouças, football coach, who explains to DN that “Bruno Fernandes’ starting point is now the right gait, but with freedom to appear in other areas of the field”. These new functions, he admits, benefit much more from the joker’s qualities in the victory against Uruguay and who was already decisive with two assists with Ghana. “He didn’t appear as much in the back zones anymore and that’s why he appears more often in the finish zones,” underlines Jesualdo Ferreira’s former assistant at Santos and Boavista, who is currently a commentator for Canal 11.
Source: DN
