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Portugal manager Fernando Santos admitted that it was "very sad" to see his team eliminated from the World Cup, but he congratulated Uruguay for its performance in the round of 16.
The Santos team dominated the match but he was beaten by two excellent goals from the Uruguayan talisman Edinson Cavani on either side of Pepe's EQ
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Although that the defeat represents a dark night for Portugal, Santos accepted defeat in his post-match comments. via Sports Mole)
"First of all, congratulations to Uruguay," Santos said after the match. "It is very sad for Portugal, we know that the places have been well back home and that the people there really supported us." 19659006 "We could feel their presence with us and there is a real sadness in the locker room that we were not able to do it for them." In football, there are no moral victories and I would have preferred to play worse and win the game. "
" But I think the second period was very good in terms of desire and determination to score, we had a good game, I think but you have always wanted to win, and we have lost, if played well in Uruguay. "
This defeat will be a great disappointment for Portugal, which was hoping for a better end to the World Cup by entering the tournaments in as defending champions of Europe.
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However, they never really took part in the competition and were almost eliminated in the group stage. Spain and Iran
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