Portugal 1 : 2 Poland

Portugal’s Brazilian World Cup winning tactician Luiz Felipe Scolari went straight to the point in the wake of the 2-1 defeat by Beenhakker’s Poland, stressing that now the ‘Selecção das Quinas’ would have to recuperate the lost points due to infantile mistakes.

"We make schoolboy errors which don’t usually happen. We didn’t get the ball moving fast, we were slow in both marking and coverage and these things made life a lot easier for Poland", began the Brazilian.

"Poland, on the other hand, showed remarkable efficiency as their two first shots both went in. They took full advantage of our errors, nothing really turned out well and sometimes it seemed that we were bumping into each other on the pitch”, he added.

Luiz Felipe Scolari also had warm words for the rivals, and Leo Beenhakker’s squad impressed Felipão with their strength. “Poland played an excellent match. Their players had a great attitude and real stamina. It was an attractive performance by the Polish players.”

The Coach also highlighted that “We need to recover in the next few games. We didn’t come back from the two matches with the four points I’d said that we should aim for. Now we have to run after the lost points and repair the damage fast or things could get tough.”

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