Portugal defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-Costa-c30980 let out his determination to prove his team’s critics wrong, and felt that the best way of doing it will be by securing a win against the defending champions Spain in the semi-final.
After nurturing a 1-0 defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 in the quarterfinals,
to book a place in the last four of the competition.
They will now take on Spain on Wednesday at the Donbass Arena.
Despite being considered as a weaker team on paper as compared to the World champions, the 31-year was upbeat about their chances of making it into the final, and was desperate to silence the critics by beating Spain.
He told the reporters in an interview, “I hope the people who said that Portugal can't reach the final get disappointed in the end, because we definitely have our chances… We'll try to be at our very best and book a place in the final.”
Going into the game against the Red Fury, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 is in sublime form, as he has netted 3 goals in the last 2 games.
Even though the Seleccao were tamed 1-0 by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 del Bosque’s side 4-0 in a friendly match, back in November 2010.
Touching the subject of his team’s 1-0 defeat to the Germans in the opener, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Costa-c9458 opined that they are now in a better frame of mind to get the better of the 2008 runner-ups, and did not deserve to end up on the losing side after their impressive performance
in the second half.
He added, “We’re a different team now. Although in the second half, I think we proved we can beat the Germans, I think that result was unfair in the end.”
However, the defender refused to be involved in the discussions of Portugal seeking revenge over DFB-Eleven, insisting that both the sides need to get past their semi-final opponents first.
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