Portugal – Turkey live: Qualification for the 2022 World Cup, live

Plan against Portugal. After taking over, we look at what we can do for the future beyond this qualifying match we have now. We have made decisions according to the situation of our rival, who has great players, but so do we. We need to have a game plan and act according to that plan. We have to be active against Portugal, what we do is more important than what the opponent does. We need to react to their players, we will work on it.

New in charge. Fernando Santos has been working with the Portugal team for eight years, I haven’t even been eight months yet. As a coach, I would like to achieve something like what he has achieved. He has a lot of experience and he is someone who knows how to manage the team and how to get out of situations like these. I don’t want to live in the past, I live in the present.

Its objective. I want to create a team that can withstand challenges as difficult as this one. I think we have a team with the potential to compete against the big boys. It will be played in a single match. Ronaldo plays in Portugal, but we have eleven players, all with great careers. I think our defenses will be ready to stop them.