Qatar 2022: Portugal thanks Fernando Manuel Costa Santos | Video

It was a sung exit…

Fernando Manuel Costa Santos stepped down as coach of the Portuguese national team this Thursday after the elimination of the Lusitanian team in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup Qatar lost 0:1 to Morocco, controversial meeting with Cristiano Ronaldo, as announced by the Portuguese Football Federation ( FPF) is a statement.

santos da costa who had a contract until 2024, so close to an eight-year cycle in charge of the Portuguese national team, more than any other quarterback.

According to the FPF, both sides have “agreed to end the extremely successful run that began in September 2014” and understand that “after one of the best participations in the history of the squad in the closing stages of the World Cup ” is. “the right time to start a new cycle”.

The agency now starting the process to choose the next selector stated in its statement:

The FPF thanks Fernando Santos and his technical team for the service rendered during eight unique years and believes that the thanks have also been expressed on behalf of the Portuguese people.

The surprise elimination before Morocco (1-0) meant the end of an exciting World Cup for Portugal under a sign of relationship between Santos and Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Lusitanian national team.

CR7 showed its displeasure when he was substituted for South Korea, the last game of the group stage, and Santos da Costa then decided not to appear as a header in the following games Switzerland (6-1) and Morocco (0-1).

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Fernando Santos was very upset by Cristiano Ronaldo’s reaction after his substitution against South Korea. When he was substituted, the Portuguese silenced the fans who whistled at him and confronted the coach. pic.twitter.com/dzK6SXpqzT

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In a duel against Morocco, the Portuguese star entered the field in the 52nd minute, when the scoreboard announced Portugal’s elimination.

Santos, aged 68, took over the reins of the Portuguese national team in 2014, replacing Paulo Bento.

In 2016 he won the European Championship in France, the first major trophy in the history of the Portuguese national team, and in 2019 he added another trophy to the Portuguese showcases by winning the first edition of the League of Nations.

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Six years ago Cristiano Ronaldo got injured and from the bench he was LEADER coach and captain, giving his teammates a lot of energy and motivation for the game. respect 🙌 #CR7𓃵

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Portugal was knocked out in the round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and went on to defend the title at Euro 2020, where it recorded its worst performance in a European Championship.

Overall, Santos is Portugal’s oldest coach in charge (8 years), with the most matches (109) and the most wins (68).

Despite the statistics, Portugal’s style of play has often been criticized during its phase for being conservative and defensive, sometimes relying too much on the individual actions of its stars, especially Cristiano Ronaldo.

Fernando Santos (Lisbon, 1954), engineer by profession. He split his coaching career between Portugal and Greece.

In Portugal, he coached the three main clubs such as Porto, Sporting and Benfica, winning the 1998/1999 Liga, the only quintuple championship in Portuguese history that earned him the nickname “Penta Engenheiro”.

He also played for the main Greek football clubs such as AEK, PAOK and Panathinaikos and for them the Greek team, which he took to Euro 2012 and the World Cup in Brazil 2014, where he reached the quarter-finals or the round of 16.

It was recently in the news by Problems with the Portuguese treasury based on his salary as a selector.

(With information from EFE)