Ball – “We are focused on winning. We are close to our goal” (Under 21)

Wolverhampton striker Fabio Silva was at the end of Tuesday morning, the spokesperson for the under-21 team before the match with Belarus, in the qualifying stage for the Euro 2023 finals, after highlighting the “mandatory” Portugal included in the final stage of the competition .

“We know we only need two wins to qualify and we focus on winning each time. Now we are thinking about Belarus and we will focus on winning. We know we are close to our target and we are convinced that we are almost obligated to secure qualification for the European Championship. field and do our best.

After a less successful season with Wolverhampton, in which he did not score any goals and did not play as many minutes as he would have liked, Fabio Silva does not hide his satisfaction with returning to Portugal: “All the players go through good and bad times. I deal with that very well. If I am where I am, at my age, it is because I read well. Now I am concentrating on the under-21 team, of course I am very happy to return to Portugal and focus on helping the team.”

Portugal has the best attack at this stage of the competition, scoring 25 goals, a result, according to the striker, that reflects the quality of the players: “We know we are a very offensive team, who like to control the game. The quality we have up front is very good, it gives the coach a lot of peace of mind.”

On the debut of Rodrigo Conceição (Morerenci), who replaced Goncalo Borges (Porto), after he tested positive for Covid-19, the striker emphasized that integration into the group is always a good thing: “It is not easy to lose a player in the game. This stage But these are things that we don’t control. One goes out and the quality is maintained. Rodrigo, like everyone else the first time, made sure to welcome him, it helps that he has his brother here, but he gets along well with everyone.”

Remember that the Portuguese delegation will leave tomorrow, Wednesday, for Armenia, where it will face Belarus next Saturday on neutral ground (FIFA Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia).