Santos disappointed with defeat, shows Portugal's players have been crying a lot after the elimination

The Belgues have managed to win by a minimum score of 1-0 in 1/8 of the finals against European-powered champions.

The Portuguese fight a big game, but their bad fortunes cannot score, and they cannot defend the title of the champion won in the summer of 2016.

After the match, Portugal's coach Fernando Santos has indicated that he had never seen so many of his players in tears after the match.

We are disappointed and sad. I've never seen so many players at once with tears in my dressing rooms. And maybe for good reason, after giving everything in the field and we never deserved to be eliminated”, Santos said.

Portuguese technician declared that they did not deserve to lose the match because they had 29 attempts towards the opposing gate.

At least we didn't deserve to miss this meeting, as Belgium scored a goal by six hits at the gate, while we at 29 attempts hit only one pole. Actually, it's hard for me to speak now, since I don't have much to discuss”, Santos said.

We all believed and tried everything on this date, but only against fate you can't play. We had strong confidence that we would also make a grand tour this year, we believed that we could at least go to the finals and try to win again. Sorry”, the Portuguese technician declared.