paulo bento, coach of South KoreaHe did not think that he would not be able to sit on the bench because of his expulsion against Ghana.
The Portuguese coach was shown a straight red card against the African team in the second match of the group stage and, due to suspension, will miss the decisive clash of south korear, to be played against “his Portugal” for a pass in the round of 16.
The coach believes that his absence will not be key because, as he assured, he has full confidence in his coaching staff: “I don’t think it matters that he’s not on the bench. There are people who have been working with me for a long time and have been with the whole project. Certainly, they will do everything in their power to make the decisions they need to make“, he explained.
In addition, he stressed that his assistants will have “total autonomy” to choose what to do and recalled that in other games, many of the decisions are also made by his coaching staff.
“I can only be with the players until I get to the stadium and I must thank FIFA for the opportunity to be with them in the days leading up to the game. For all this, I give you my special thanks.“, he added.
When asked about Portugal, he said that his rival has great “collective and individual” quality and assured that he does not think he is wrong if he says that he is facing “one of the best generation of soccer players“of his country.
“A team that qualifies for the round of 16 and will try to finish in first position… all this, obviously, will create great difficulties for my team, but it will be a nice and attractive challengehe pointed out.
Additionally, he discussed whether South Korea would make a concrete plan to quit Cristiano Ronaldo and explained that his players will try to focus on the collective:
“AWhen preparing matches, we consider the way we approach the collective dynamic of the opponent, the way they play, how they attack, how they defend and how they go from attack to defense .
“Today, we also consider the individualities and specific characteristics of the most talented players.. In Portugal, there are many cases. Quantity over quality is great and it’s best not to worry about A, B or C. You have to worry about overcoming them together. We have to be brave and patient, be focused and not want to solve everything quickly. That I have already transmitted to my players”, said.
Source: La Verdad
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