Portugal defender Pepe said the defending champions can recover from a heavy loss to Germany and beat Group F leaders France on Wednesday to clinch their spot in the last 16 of Euro 2020. A 4-2 defeat by Germany in Munich left Portugal third in a tough group that also includes Hungary, and needing to avoid defeat against France in Budapest to be sure of making the knockout phase.
“We lose and we win together. Against France we’ll need to be tighter and more solid. We also need to match Germany’s will to beat us to keep going in the competition,” Pepe said at Tuesday’s press conference.
“We have a huge desire to show what we are really worth.”
“We only depend on ourselves to qualify, that’s the most important thing,” said Pepe, at 38 the oldest outfield player at the tournament.
“We know it will be very difficult and we’ll try to be at our best to achieve our goal.
“We can take six points from nine in an extremely difficult group. It looks like we’re bad, but in reality we’re not that bad.
“We had a match where we weren’t as good but football gives you the opportunity to respond in the next game.”
Credit: supersport.com
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