The captain of the Portuguese football team avoided giving a prognosis or a promise of a new coronation after that of 2016, before the departure of the Seleçao for Budapest on Thursday, in order to face Hungary on Tuesday for the account of the 1st day of the group F.
“There is no point and there is no point in promising titles or making predictions. What I can promise is that we will tackle all matches to win them, ”said the five-time Golden Ball in an interview with the Portuguese Football Federation magazine.
“I feel as motivated or more than in 2004, for my first European Championship. We are the reigning champions and we are again part of the group of candidates to win the trophy, ”added the 36-year-old forward.
“We need to fine-tune a few small things but the preparatory work is done,” he added in a video also released by his federation.
“Now it’s up to the ball to roll so that Portugal can do their best and start on the right foot, beating Hungary” Tuesday in Budapest, concluded the Portuguese captain.
Poured into a very tough group F, Portugal will then face Germany on June 19 in Munich, then world champion France on the 23rd, again in Budapest, for a remake of the Euro-2016 final won by the Portugal (1-0 ap).
After a final training Thursday morning in their training center in the suburbs of Lisbon, coach Fernando Santos and his 26 elected officials flew to Budapest, where they will settle for the duration of the Euro.
–
