Bruno Fernandes sent a message to Fernando Santos after the 68-year-old left his position as coach of the Portugal national soccer team following their elimination from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The Portuguese Football Federation has already announced that it has parted ways with Fernando Santos, whose position as coach of the national football team was called into question after his exit from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Portugal’s 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign ended much sooner than they would have liked, as Morocco knocked them out of the competition in the quarter-finals. Fernando Santos’s men had qualified for the round of 16 as top of Group H and had defeated Switzerland 6-1 to book their place in the quarter-finals.
However, Morocco stunned Portugal in the quarter-finals as the African nation inflicted a 1-0 defeat on the European heavyweights to knock them out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It was a disappointing end to the campaign. of Portugal in the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
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Farewell message from Bruno Fernandes to Fernando Santos
Fernando Santos leaves his role as coach of the Portugal national soccer team as its most successful manager. It was under Santos that Portugal won its first major trophy.
Fernando Santos guided Portugal to the EURO 2016 title, the first major trophy won by the Portugal national team. He also guided them to win the 2019 UEFA Nations League title.
However, Santos was unable to deliver world glory to Portugal at the FIFA World Cup. Bruno Fernandes, who was part of the Portugal soccer team that participated in Qatar 2022, took to social media to send a heartfelt message to Fernando Santos.
Bruno Fernandes thanked Santos for putting Portugal at the top of Europe and instilling confidence and belief in Portugal that it was possible for them to be among the ‘greats’.
“Thank you very much to Mr. Fernando Santos. Thank you for the opportunity to represent our country and for the trust placed in us over the last few years,” Bruno Fernandes wrote on Instagram.
“As a Portuguese, thank you for putting Portugal at the top of Europe and restoring the confidence and belief to a ‘small’ country that it was possible to be among the ‘big ones’.
“Moments of glory and joy and others of sadness and frustration, but history was made and will remain marked forever in the hearts of all Portuguese people.”
