The Portuguese team is out of the Nations League quarterfinals after a 1-0 loss to Spain on Tuesday at Braga’s Estádio Municipal. Portugal needed to equalize to secure a place among the final four in the third edition of the competition, but they missed the target. At the end of the game, the national coach assured that he is still committed to the position of coach and recalled that he has a contract until 2024.
“I have a contract until 2024. This defeat does not affect my career in the national team at all,” he said, recalling that “Cristiano Ronaldo had three, four opportunities, two of them in which he usually scores, but he didn’t.” . It’s football.”
Fernando Santos also explained what happened to the Portuguese team, especially during the second half: “In the first 15 minutes of the second half the team did very well, they went up the pitch, stole the ball from Spain and created chances again.” . “After that we had difficulties. We started to go back and I tried to change that with substitutions, but it didn’t happen. We were very far behind and we conceded a goal. If you have to defend, you have to defend with everything.” .”
“We believed and were convinced that we were going to be in the final of the League of Nations. We are not. We are sad and we have to see what needs to be improved to be at the top of the World Cup”, he pointed out. he maintained, emphasizing that “we are going to play the World Cup with the same conviction that we had before this defeat”.
From the Serbian game [da fase de qualificação para o Mundial2022]This team has evolved a lot. We changed a lot after that. But we always have to improve and think about how we can do it,” he added.
Source: TSF
