The first words of Fernando Santos were of course disappointed with the elimination against Morocco. “Leaving the World Cup always hurts,” he said, admitting that the national team “took a long time to get into the game”.
When asked if his cycle ended as leader of the selection, Fernando Santos replied: “When I arrive in Lisbon in peace and on time, I will speak to the president and soon we will see what is best for the selection. Come on, let’s talk about it.”
Fernando Santos assumed that this elimination against Morocco was “a disappointment for everyone”. “We were convinced that we had the capacity to reach the final and win,” he stressed.
Of the game, the coach said that “the players wanted a lot, they had a lot of will, they had a lot of confidence, but they couldn’t explain our whole game”. “We got goal situations, we didn’t manage to score, but my players worked hard,” said the national coach after the game, who said goodbye to Qatar.
“We lacked creativity and imagination in the first half, we circled the ball too much, let the opponent drop a lot of lines and then it got harder. It was rare that we lost our balance in the one-on-one one and we didn’t.” “The game didn’t speed up like we usually do. So we had some situations, we couldn’t finish and then we conceded the goal,” he added.
“In the second half they tried to get a draw, but in the last 10 minutes we got anxious, with a lot of balls flying through the air, we even had a shot from João Félix that the goalkeeper saved in a fantastic way. belongs to football. It was a bit of desperation. The players gave everything,” underlined Fernando Santos, guaranteeing that “this generation will do very good things”.
As a balance, Fernando Santos said that “a bit of luck” was missing, and assured that things around Ronaldo “did not have any effect”, because “the team was always united”.
On the arbitration, Fernando Santos says that “it doesn’t seem to make sense” to talk about work, but he always said that in the match with Korea, he “allowed some fouls”. “However, we should not go in that direction,” he underlined.
Source: DN
