Head coach of Portugal Fernando Santos commented on the defeat of his team from the Netherlands.

On the eve of the Portuguese were defeated by the Dutch team with a score of 0: 3.

Following the match, the head coach of the "European Brazilians" Fernando Santos took the blame for the defeat on himself, but noted that the team deserved more.

"I could work better. The responsibility for the defeat lies with me, because I choose the composition, I study the opponent, I determine our strategy, "- began Santos.

"In the first 10 minutes we kept the ball well, but much complicated the first goal missed".

"In general, I did not like the actions of my players in the first half, because we could not even get into a counterattack.

I talked to the players in the break, and in the second 45-minute we saw on the field a completely different team ".

"We stopped giving the rival space, except perhaps the very ending of the meeting. Playing ten men, we had some difficulties, but we continued to look for opportunities for the goal and created 3-4 points. We deserved to score one or two goals, "said Santos.

Recall that the match against Holland broke the scoring chances Cristiano Ronaldo.