Fernando Santos today assumed that he has not yet won the world champion title and that he wants to achieve it in two and a half months, at the 2022 World Cup, which will be played from November 20 to December 18 in Qatar.
“Best [título de campeão mundial] going to come. I cannot be more specific. Yes, the best is yet to come and that is this year.” said the coach, after beating the Czech Republic (4-0), in the penultimate match day of Group A2 of the 2022-23 Nations League, when confronted by the titles he had already won and asked if the best is yet to come drop by.
Fernando Santos, 67, was introduced as the Portuguese football coach on September 24, 2014, eight years ago, the day after he was announced as the successor to Paulo Bento. Graduated in electronics and telecommunications, the coach led the team from the ‘quinas’ to the unprecedented performance of Euro 2016 and the League of Nations 2019.
In Qatar, he is in a World Cup for the third time, a match in which he has never surpassed the round of 16, a stage in which he fell with Greece in 2014 against Costa Rica (1-1, 5-3 on penalties). , and in 2018 already in the Portuguese national team, against Uruguay (2-1).
Before joining the “quinas” team, in addition to the Greek team, Fernando Santos managed clubs such as Estoril-Praia, Estrela da Amadora, FC Porto, Sporting and Benfica, in Portugal, AEK Athens, Panathinaikos and PAOK Salonica, in Greece .
In its history, in addition to national team titles, it has also held a National Championship (1998-99), two Portuguese Cups (1999-2000 and 2000-01), two Cândido Oliveira Super Cups (1998-99 and 1999-2000), all responsible for FC Porto, and a Greek Cup (2001-02), for AEK.
Source: DN
