A few days before the start of the Euro-2020, Fernando Santos was asked about the players’ state of mind, namely in the matter of changing clubs, as the opening of the market is approaching.
“I have 26 players and there will only be four or five that are in this situation. They are all on the same level and if I feel that a player is not thinking about the national team, he is not mentally strong to participate in the games, I am very sorry but he will be left out. in 2018 [Mundial] there were some players without a club, not now. It doesn’t compare to what happened in 2018: these players have clubs. In this World Cup some players arrived with little head because they didn’t have a club», he stressed, ensuring concentration.
“They are more than prepared mentally and there is enormous motivation. The important thing is that they want things to go well rectifying what we can be better at. Quality has an excess and it has to be transported to the collective. The machine is fine-tuning and I have no doubts that it will be a great game [de estreia] with Hungary,” he said at the press conference that followed the 4-0 rout of Israel.
“I know what we’re going to have to do to win. We have to interpret this well. Portugal didn’t do so well in some aspects in the match against Spain and the result wasn’t even that bad. The way is to continue to progress, the players are very motivated», he also guaranteed.
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