A BOLA – «Commitment and total commitment» (Portugal)
Midfielder Bruno Fernandes did not hide his disappointment at Portugal’s elimination from the Qatar World Cup, after losing 0-1 to Morocco this Saturday, in a quarter-final match played at Al Thumama Stadium, in Doha.
“You don’t have to raise or lower your head. Now it’s time to reflect, each one, on what the World Cup was like, go home, be with the families, because we’ve been away for a long time, even to recover mentally it’s important. This Selection will be back and will give a great response: everyone here represents the Selection with maximum commitment and commitment. We always want to represent our country in the best way», said Man’s Portuguese international midfielder. United, after the match, in the mixed area of the venue, speaking to RTP3.
The midfielder involved that so much media attention on Cristiano Ronaldo is justification for whatever it is. «Maybe because he is who he is, people click more often on his news, to see what he is about. It was not for any of this that the Selection did not go further. I simply did not participate in winning Morocco», underlined Bruno Fernandes, assertive.
«What was missing? It is very difficult to express in words. It is a difficult and sad time for us. We had ambition and quality for more. There’s always something else we can leave on the field. But, I repeat, the delivery and commitment was total. The big difference was that they didn’t participate in scoring goals, and they knew how to defend very well», the midfielder told SIC Notícias shortly afterwards, still at the Qatari stadium, leaving a word about the referee, Facundo Tello.
«Game with lots of ushers? We knew what kind of referees we would find in the competition when we entered it. But I won’t go into that, but there were many minutes in which the game was stopped: at least, in the second half, there should have been 15 or 20 minutes of stoppage time. We knew we were going to play against more than the Moroccan national team and that we had to decide in 90 minutes», said the midfielder of the national team and ‘red devils’.
«Missed opportunity? There were some, there could be others in the ‘socks’. We had quality, delivery and commitment to go further. There was no shortage in this game, but unfortunately football has these moments. It is very difficult and sad to be able to accept this. Nothing I can point out to my teammates: they all remained fantastic from the beginning of the tournament, someone could have done more, in terms of commitment», concluded Bruno Fernandes.