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Portugal boss Fernando Santos insists he has no regrets about leaving Cristiano Ronaldo out of the beginning line-up for his or her World Cup quarter-final loss to Morocco.
Having dropped Ronaldo for the 6-1 victory over Switzerland and seen his alternative Goncalo Ramos rating a hat-trick, Santos caught with the identical crew.
Youssef En-Nesyri put Morocco forward within the first half and Santos despatched on Ronaldo early within the second however he made little influence and walked off the pitch in tears on the finish of the 1-0 defeat, his final likelihood of a World Cup winners’ medal absolutely gone.
“No regrets. I believe this was a crew which performed very effectively towards Switzerland,” Santos stated in defending his crew choice.
“Cristiano’s an amazing participant. He got here on after we thought that was mandatory.”
Ronaldo’s look was his 196th at worldwide stage, equalling the lads’s world document of Kuwait’s Badr Al-Mutawa.
Joao Felix proved the most important hazard for Portugal and he twice compelled spectacular saves out of Morocco keeper Bono, whereas Pepe had a golden likelihood to equalise with nearly the final kick of the sport.
“After all our gamers are distressed, they’re upset,” Santos stated.
“We’re much more upset as a result of we all know we’ve skilful gamers and we had been anticipating to offer extra pleasure to the Portuguese folks.
“We knew the challenges we’d face, particularly when it comes to defensive technique. We tried to make the sport exhausting for our opponents however we weren’t profitable.
“Clearly we additionally want to offer credit score to the Moroccan squad. I believe it isn’t truthful for us to lose however that is soccer.”
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