World Cup 2022: Portugal coach Fernando Santos insists first spot in Ghana’s group is not yet guaranteed

Published on: 30 November 2022

Portugal coach Fernando Santos believes his side is not yet guaranteed with the first spot in their group ahead of week three games of the 2022 World Cup.

The 2016 European champions inflicted a 2-0 win over Uruguay, courtesy Bruno Fernandes brace and are currently on the summit of Group H with six points, ahead of Ghana, who have three.

Meanwhile, Uruguay and South Korea both have one point each ahead of the final group games on Friday.

Portugal will take on South Korea at the Education City Stadium whiles the Black Stars face Uruguay in an epic clash

Ahead of the final group games, Fernando Santos says he will not be carried away as he believes the first spot in Group H is not yet guaranteed.

Meanwhile, Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Souza wants his side avoid Brazil in the knockout phase.

"Despite wanting to see a Portugal-Brazil match in the [World Cup] final, I hope [Brazil] is not our opponent", said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who also analyzed the match.

“I think maybe Bruno Fernandes deserves [the election as man of the field]. He scored a goal, hit the post and was very constant from the beginning to the end of the game. Diogo Costa defended very well, but Bruno Fernandes was from start to finish”, he said.

"The second was very good, everything went well, it's a fair result", he said, stressing that it had been a long time since Portugal had finished a game like this, without suffering in the final minutes.

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