Portugal coach: Fighting Portugal as Finals

The native of Belgium and Portugal will face tonight at 9:00.

Portuguese coach Fernando Santos spoke at the press conference before the match against Belgium:

We must stick to our principles. If we make changes in formation, this is because we want to play in different ways, we've fired four days, I haven't decided yet about the launch formation. I knew we had to refresh the midfield center by bringing Joao Moutinho and Renato Sanches, he said.

“Belgica scores a lot of goals they have some of the most influential players in the game, we're generally similar teams, this game is a final, which is to be won not just to play. We know we're going to have a strong opponent, I believe, I hope, and I'm convinced we're going to do good in this fight”, he added.

I think Belgium will play with three midfield footballers, De Bruyne will be more advanced. When three football players play in the middle then Luke is the main part of the team, with Mertens on the right and Carrasco on the left, but all three are very mobile. It's up to us to protect ourselves well, to be as good as we were against France and Hungary, Belgians have a lot of quality with the ball and have the advantage to create a lot of cases”, Fernando Santos concluded.

The winner of the match between Belgium and Portugal in the quarterfinals meets with Italy.