Portugal coach Fernando Santos has described the dilemma he faced during his side’s 2-2 draw Euro 2020 Group F with France on Wednesday but insisted his players went out looking for the win even though they risked being knocked out. Even when Cristiano Ronaldo equalised with his second penalty, Portugal were one goal away from going out until Leon Goretzka’s leveller in Munich, which meant the other game also ended 2-2. Portugal came third in the group to set up a tough last-16 tie with Belgium, who won all their group games, in Seville on Sunday. I even warned the players to not think about the other results as it wouldn’t bring us anything positive. We’ll analyse the Belgium team and prepare the game with the same goal as always, to progress.”

Source: The Star June 23, 2021 23:03 UTC