Winning World Cup playoffs my most important challenge as Portugal coach, says Santos

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Portugal coach Fernando Santos described the World Cup playoffs as the most important challenge of his time in charge as he announced his squad on Thursday. Portugal will play Turkey on March 24 in Porto with the winners to face either Italy or North Macedonia five days later in a game that will determine

Portugal coach Fernando Santos described the World Cup playoffs as the most important challenge of his time in charge as he announced his squad on Thursday.

Veteran Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo was named in the 25-man squad that will start their preparation on Monday."This is the most important challenge I had as Portugal manager. Not the most difficult, the most important. We must be in the World Cup for our people. The tickets were sold-out in minutes more than a month ago. Our fans will be a major factor and we can’t let them down.

The coach is confident that his team, who dropped into the playoffs after losing their final group stage qualifier to Serbia, can go through if they keep their cool."We lost one game in the last seven games. There were things that didn't go well, but we just didn't win a game against Serbia.

 

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