Santos: “To qualify for the World Cup without suffering, my heart can’t take it all”

Portugal overcame Turkey’s obstacle (3-1) and are just one game away from the final stages of the 2022 World Cup, although Fernando Santos has not forgotten the incredible stress he experienced just 24 hours ago (with which Yilmaz missed a penalty). who could have been 2-2 just before the end) and asked his players to write the script differently against North Macedonia.

“My wish is to do it with less stress but I don’t know what’s going to happen in the game. I’m not a seer. From the outside it’s easy, we can all talk.”

“Even I explain to the players, but on the pitch things are not always what we think, they can play differently than we expect.”said Fernando Santos initially, to add:

“What I want is for the team to win and I believe in it. I really want to win, with more or less pain. Of course I prefer not to suffer because I’m old enough and my heart can’t take it Everyone.

What I want is to win. Win, win, win and you will in the World Cup is the message I give to my players. That’s what I want and I think they want it too.”

To complete the AEK Experienced Trainer and Candidate objective, say the following: “As Cristiano said, we have the selfless support of 11 million Portuguese. They suffered a lot with us in the game against Turkey and they supported us a lot, each in their own way. We know that we have 11 million people who believe in us .” and will push the team. .

We know how well organized our opponents are, at first they wait low but then they come and push with the second line of defence. They are very strong on the counterattack because they have very fast players.

We’re under pressure to win and the pressure is good. “Our opponents are worthy here, they won in Germany, they won 5-0 in Armenia, where Portugal barely beat 3-2 a few years ago, and now they’ve beaten Italy too.”