Bernardo Silva said this Thursday that one of his “big dreams” is to win a European or World Cup with a Portuguese football team and brushed off any fatigue after a long season at Manchester City.
“This is one of my big dreams and I hope one day it will come true. It is not easy. I dream and really want to win the World Cup or the European Championship with Portugal. That’s what I’m missing, ”said Bernardo Silva in a press conference a few minutes before the new training session of the Portuguese national team, which is preparing for Saturday’s match with Bosnia, the Euro 2024 qualifier.
In the service of Portugal, Bernardo won the 2018/19 Nations League, missing the Euro 2016 “party” due to injury.
With 55 games in his “legs” for Manchester City and now with the Champions League under his belt, the 28-year-old explained that he arrives in Portugal in good physical condition, but admitted that this stage, after the end of the season, players hard.
“It was not even one of the most difficult seasons. I logged into the game many times during the game. For some players, this is difficult. 90 minutes. I think he’s tired. This is what it is. This is the last attempt to score six points for Portugal in a very important qualification for us,” said the Benfica-trained midfielder.
In the duel against Bosnia, Bernardo Silva warned of the “very physical” performance of the Balkan team and felt that it would be a difficult opponent, especially since he would be a direct competitor in the qualification for the next European Championship.
“It’s a very physical team. Standing up for them will not be easy. We are going to follow the coach’s plan so that everything goes well. They are a direct competitor and we want to steal those three points from them,” said Bernardo, who has 80 caps and 10 goals for the national team.
Portugal will host Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday at the Estádio da Luz stadium in Lisbon at 19:45 and travel to Iceland to face the local team three days later at the Laugardalsvöllur stadium in Reykjavik at 19:45 (Lisbon time). .
The meeting with Bosnia will be judged by the Italian Davide Massa.
Early in qualifying, in two games that marked Martínez’s all-time debut at the helm, Portugal beat Liechtenstein 4-0 at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon and traveled to Luxembourg to score 6-0.
Team quinas lead Group J with six points, followed by Slovakia with four points and Bosnia and Iceland with three points. Luxembourg, with one point, and Liechtenstein, without points, are second to last and last respectively.
Only the top two in the group advance to the final stage of Euro 2024, which will be held in Germany.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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