The national team player Roberto Martinez was very satisfied with Portugal’s victory (2-1) against Croatia in the Nações League.
“Muito satisfeito, muito contente, porque foi uma batalha tática. A Croácia mostrou personalidade, quis ter a bola, jogámos muito bem, mainmente nos primeiros 45 minutes. Mostrámos personalidade com bola. Depois, sofremos or golo e precisesávamos de manter o que tínhamos “We have to defend ourselves very intensively to protect our forces, but it is very important that we have an important part of our equipment,” he said.
In the statements to RTP, the technician said: “We do not play with the ball, we play so many balls, but we do not shoot around any part of my defense either, or that is not the case because we want to play the ball all year round.”
Martínez praised Cristiano Ronaldo for passing the 900 mark.
“Oh Cristiano, since always, but he is important and you have a compromise with the Seleção eo exemplo that is for our other jogadores. He is a goalie, a much intelligent jogador in real 900 pounds were used because it was important that the experts had that important moment.
Portugal lost 2-1 to Croatia in the first half of the Nações League.
Shortly before the team moved to Escócia, it was a quarter-final victory that was lost against Poland (3-2).
