Defender Rúben Dias said today that Portugal has no margin for error against Switzerland, on Tuesday, in the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup, and asked for concentration for a tie that can be decided in the details.

“We have just come from a group stage in which we took first place. You don’t need to change many things, but be aware that it’s a game and nothing more. There is no room to make mistakes and it is to tighten the focus, so that the game is decided in the details. We are ready and let them come”, began by saying the centre-back to journalists.

The Manchester City centre-back was at a press conference at the National Congress Center of Qatar, in Doha, where he confessed that the Portuguese have been showing great rates, if it is to reach that precise moment of decision against the Swiss, on Tuesday. fair in Lusail.

“I think we can consider that we are prepared, if necessary. Always in mind, and part of the competition. It takes a bit of luck, but there’s much more to the question of quality in the execution. We have been practicing, ”he admitted.

Against Switzerland, who beat Portugal 1-0 the last time they met, for the League of Nations, Rúben Dias expects, on Tuesday, “a high-level game, given the moment of the competition”, and stressed that the Portuguese have to think about their game.

“We expect a different game due to the context of the game. But, above all, for the Swiss team, which has different weapons and will want to play the game 50-50. It’s part of their pregnancy,” she expressed.

Rúben Dias is one of the indisputable for Fernando Santos, but, for having been admonished in the victory against Uruguay (2-0), he runs the risk of punishment, if he sees another yellow card – in the same situation are Danilo Pereira, who is injured, Rúben Neves, Bruno Fernandes and João Félix.

“Nobody wants to be left out in this context, but if we need to be left out for the correct yellow, we will. It’s not thinking too much about it. It is something that is present in our heads, but it is something that is part of the game and we have to play with the freedom and focus that we always have”, she explained.

Portugal will face Switzerland in the round of 16 of the World Cup, in a game scheduled for Tuesday, at 22:00 local time (19:00 in Lisbon), in Lusail, and which will be coached by Mexican César Ramos.