Portugal winger http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 in the quarterfinal on Thursday night, and was optimistic about their chances of lifting the European Championships.
Even though the Seleccao managed to secure the win by a margin of just a single goal, they were by far the better team on the night as they simply outplayed their opponents in all departments of the game.
After being denied by the woodwork twice in the game, it was the Real Madrid icon http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 who broke the deadlock just eleven minutes from time, to send his country through into the last four of the competition.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 in the semi-final. The European giants are set to go head-to-head in the quarterfinal on Saturday.
Nevertheless, the Manchester United player let out his contentment over his side’s impressive win against the Czechs, and felt that it served as a confidence booster for them ahead of their massive semi-final fixture.
While talking to reporters, he said: “I think everyone was fantastic on the pitch. It's a great performance by all the players and I'm satisfied with the result.”
“Now it's going to be more difficult every game but the whole team is confident, I'm very confident for the next game. Now we have to rest and prepare for the big match.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734’s third goal of the tournament in the 79th minute came of a header from a probing Joao Moutinho cross, as the Portuguese skipper once again led from the front to pave way for his team’s progression.
Nani admitted that the score line could have been even more emphatic had they converted from all their chances, but revealed that the mood in the dressing room was full of excitement and delight following the win.
He added, “I had a couple of chances, Almeida had a couple of chances but finally Ronaldo scored a goal and we won the game and that's the most important thing.”
Meanwhile, Portugal boss http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-c29431 Bento hailed his side’s utterly dominant show against the Czechs, and also lauded the role of the defenders for keeping a clean sheet.
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