THE BALL – «What am I missing? To be world champion »(Selection)



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Fernando Santos did the analysis to zero with Spain, in Alvalade.

«The first 25 minutes were miserable, we did not comply with the game. The strategic organization was always bad, defending very badly, we granted many interior spaces. And when a team is not organized defensively, when it recovers the ball it cannot play. Offensively, we don’t find the right paths either. During that period Spain was clearly superior to us, it was worth the attitude and commitment of the players. Then, our performance grew, the team began to understand better what they had to do, to give less space and the game became more balanced.

– At halftime I made some corrections and the second half was different, with a more distributed game. We had four or five great opportunities, but the result was fair, “said the coach, who was already planning a visit to Paris, to face France in the League of Nations.

“It will be a different game, which will have to take a different approach. We will have to work well and with a different degree of attention, I hope we are at the best level in that game.

With this match, Fernando Santos equaled Luiz Felipe Scolari as the record holder for matches on the National Team bench (74) and ensures that he only lacks one thing: “To be world champion,” he fired.

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