Bruno Fernandes, player of the Portuguese national team, reacted to the victory of the team of quinas (1-0) against Wales, in statements to Sport TV after the final whistle of the Stadium of Alvalade.
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24/09/2026
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Different model: “If you notice, I have rarely been in the hall. Defending yes, following the side, pressing the side at higher moments in the field. Furthermore, it is a lot of what is the idea of the player: to have a player inside who is able to connect the game, to download to play, to also support the spear tip and the second spear tip, to create a triangle there through the middle and the wings, to help both sides. That's what I did. Mister asked me to play this game. I have already told myself that I can play in different positions with him, so for me, the most important thing is that what I do helps the team, and I will always do the best of my abilities in any position that the master puts me in.”
Pressure from Wales: “No, I don’t think that was the point. We knew they were gonna push, I think we were pretty good with the ball, we were really good at it, we created a lot of goal occasions, we still had an undone goal... I think if we look in perspective at what the game was all about, we were superior in the game. Obviously, I know people will look at the result and say it was only 1-0, but the opportunities were there. We weren't so happy today when we finished, probably, but creating is already a positive point, because if we keep creating we'll end up scoring more goals and win more games with bigger numbers. I think the exhibition was very positive on the part of the team.”

