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Santos: "Bernardo Silva the only one who wanted the ball"

Portugal coach disappointed after loss to Serbia, Bernardo himself said: "Terrible performance, I can not explain it. Apologies to the crowd"

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• Cristiano Ronaldo

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Monday, 15 November 2021, 00:06 Updated: 00:17

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Summary: Portugal - Serbia 2: 1 (Sport 1)

The Portuguese team suffered a very painful loss tonight (Sunday) when they were defeated 2: 1 at home by Serbia and will have to fight for a ticket to the 2022 World Cup in the playoffs.

The Serbs, who enjoyed a goal from Alexander Mitrovic in the 90th minute, will be in Qatar.

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Mitrovic turned in the 90th minute, Serbia advanced to the World Cup at the expense of Portugal

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Criticism of Ronaldo?

Santos (Photo: Reuters)

Portugal coach

said after the game: "Our DNA is to play with a dedication from foot to foot, but we had a hard time doing that."

The coach criticized his players and said: "Bernardo Silva wanted the ball, but he was the only one. We played all the time with apprehension and anxiety. Another pass to the side, another pass to the goalkeeper. I am responsible for that."

Despite everything Santos promised: "We will be in Qatar. We know we did not do everything we needed to, but we will go up to Qatar. The players know we always play to win and think offensively."

Heartbroken added: "It was a very bad game of ours. We scored an early goal and stopped playing. The performance was terrible, I can not explain it. We will have to play in the playoffs, but at home with 65,000 fans we have to play better. We have to apologize, see What did we fail and prepare for the playoffs. The initial plan was to try to control the ball and it did not happen, we were not better than Serbia. It is unacceptable and we will have to work and improve it towards March. I did not feel at my peak physically before the game Responsibility in the playoffs. "

• House A

  Group	Ms.	Netz	A.	Hp	Gates	Nk
  1	Serbia	8	6	2	0	9-18	20
  2	Portugal	8	5	2	1	6-17	17
  3	Ireland	8	2	3	3	8-11	9
  4	Luxembourg	8	3	0	5	18-8	9
  5	Azerbaijan	8	0	1	7	18-5	1

This will be the fourth of the last five World Cups that Serbia has advanced to.

However, in Euros she has not played since 2000.

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