“We had a great game, especially in the start. We knew that these Portuguese were going to cause us a lot of problems. They are massive players, geared towards fast play. We fully respected what we said, everyone played with a lot of desire and it was seen on the pitch, with the aggressiveness that we were able to put in defense. And we mainly put the “head” in attack. We were not afraid to go in the intervals even if it was complicated. We were able to repeat the performance with even better I feel, a lot more fast play, direct counter-attacks which did not allow to widen the gap. Tonight, everyone must be congratulated. Now another competition will begin. The hardest part is to maintain this level. We’re just in the quarter-finals, we didn’t win anything tonight but I’m really happy with the guys because at the beginning, we were buried a bit, which we can totally understand, and we saw a team that reacted well. Today, we are undefeated, we are entering a knockout phase and the hardest part is yet to come. (On the opponent in the quarterfinals) Hungary is very solid. Spain had a period like us, a little complicated but they managed to collect the points and win. It is an experienced team. Either it will be against the Spanish friends (he plays in Barcelona, editor’s note), or against the Hungarians that we have not played for a while, ”commented Ludovic Fabregas after the qualification of the Blues for the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
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