The president of the republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, lamented Portugal’s lack of effectiveness in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup against Morocco (0-1) on Saturday, but thanked Cristiano Ronaldo for his contribution to successive world and European football. matches.
“Whoever has chances and doesn’t score, either because the opponent’s goalkeeper was very good, or because he went to the crossbar, or because he failed, and whoever succeeds wins, that’s called effectiveness. And in life we have that. And here Portugal played, played, played and played, but it was not effective,” he lamented, speaking to journalists after watching the match between Morocco and Portugal (1-0) in the 2022 World Cup at the Caravela restaurant, in Mindelo, on the island of Sao Vicente.
“We didn’t score. So we had five or six chances. Morocco had two, three. They scored one and could have scored one more. We had five, six. We could have scored one or two. But I want to thank the Portuguese team for taking us to the quarter-finals, people are very ungrateful and when you lose you don’t have the same enthusiasm as in the previous game. I wanted to thank you, a Portuguese president, for what you did”said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who watched the match with Cape Verde’s President José Maria Neves.
“And I would like to say a word to Cristiano in particular: nobody knows what the future holds, but there will be another World Cup in four years, with a final phase. Chance to play again in a final phase of the World Cup.” I wanted to thank him for what he has done in many World Cups and many Europeans and him and others in the team, what they have done for Portugal,” he underlined.
“This time it didn’t work, I think Morocco won and deserved to win because it was effective, but we did what we could have done to get to the quarter-finals and we weren’t effective,” added the president of the republic .
“I want to say that I also send a hug to Fernando Santos from here, because we won a European Championship with him. We can’t forget what we owe him,” referred
“There are bad times, and this is a bad time, but there are good times and I am thankful for the good times, there were many. And gratitude is part of the Portuguese language, and we are normally very grateful . and at the moment we have to look with gratitude at Fernando Santos and the players who came here and especially at Cristiano Ronaldo, because he may be able to reach the final in four years, but if not, I wouldn’t want to forget it “, noted the head of state, during the visit he will be promoted to Mindelo, São Vicente until Sunday.
Costa congratulates the national team that “has given the Portuguese a lot of joy”
The Prime Minister today congratulated the national football team on its performance at the World Cup as it “has brought a lot of joy to the Portuguese” and will continue to be among the “best in the world” following Portugal’s elimination from the tournament.
“We dreamed together, now we suffer together. Our selection of Portugal has brought great joy to the Portuguese people at this World Cup. We are among the best in the world and we will continue to be among the best in the world,” wrote António Costa on his official Twitter account. .
“Congratulations to all players and the whole team. Proud in Portugal!” he added.
Santos Silva thanks the team for representing Portugal “very well”.
The president of the Assembly of the Republic thanked the national football team for very well representing “the national colors” at the World Cup, after Portugal’s elimination in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
“Thank you team Portugal. During this World Cup you represented the national colors very well and made a whole country vibrate. We leave stronger for new challenges!” reads a message published by Augusto Santos Silva on his official account of the social Twitter network.
Ana Catarina Mendes congratulates those who made the Portuguese dream
The Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Ana Catarina Mendes, congratulated the Portugal national football team, which was eliminated by Morocco in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, but “made the Portuguese dream”.
“Congratulations to everyone who has made Portugal and the Portuguese dream and believe,” the minister wrote on the ministry’s official page on the social network Twitter, minutes after the ‘quinas’ team was removed from the World Cup, captioning a photo of Cristiano Ronaldo leaving the field of play at Al Thumama stadium in Doha crying.
Source: DN
