“Captain? I will, with great pride, try to do this work”

O bernardo Silva argued today that the national football team, which on Saturday faces Denmark, for the League of Nations, “has grown and improved” with Jorge Jesus and proved available to play in any position.

“ These first four games [with George Jesus] were an excellent indicator. The selection has grown and improved and hopefully this path can continue. Let's not hide that the last competition was a failure and disappointment. We wanted to go further. Let us hope that these indicators can continue to rise so that the selection reaches the level we want, of excellence, so that we can compete for titles,” he said in the press conference forecast of the reception to Denmark, of the fifth day of the A4 Group of the League of Nations.

After the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, the average of 32 years becomes the captain of the ‘team of the quinas’, a role that he says assumes with “very proud”, but with the same attitude as always.

“I will, with great pride, try to do this job in the best possible way. As for the posture, I'll have the same as always. I'm more experienced now. I had the pleasure and pride of being captain before and the work of a captain is never just of one person, it is always of a group, to keep competition within the team, while there is an immense respect for each one ", said.

The player expressed availability “to play in any position in the national team, even the goalkeeper”.

“ All the players want to be part of it, they want to be useful. I've always gotten used to being useful and participating. [But] They can only play 11 at a time, it's a very difficult job to choose from a selection with a lot of talent. I will always be available to help in whatever it takes, whether in five, 10, 30 or 90 minutes”, reinforced.

Bernardo Silva considered that, if at the beginning of his career, “he was a more irreverent player, playing many years too close to the lines or as a false advance,” he is currently “a more conservative and more thinker player, much different than he was 10 years ago,” pulling him into “backwards in midfield” positions.

“ I believe that the [Jorge Jesus] member sees me as a number eight and a number 10 and not so much a line player, making that balance between defense and attack, which both helps in the pressure, as to defend here back,” he said.

Alongside the Real Madrid player, Jorge Jesus praised his former player.

“Bernard today is a different player, he is a thinker. It's not a defensive medium yet. It's kind of offensive. He is a game organizer, who sees ahead very easily what will happen. All the games are improving in offensive terms. Coaches want a player with these characteristics. We have Bernardo, like Vitinha and João Neves ", said the coach.

Portugal, already established for the final rooms, leads Group A4 with 12 points, more six than Denmark, and guarantees first place on Saturday, if it points to the Danes, in the game scheduled for 19:45, at the Braga Municipal Stadium.