João Félix is a newcomer to Roberto Martínez’ Portuguese side. The Chelsea player smiles again as he defends his country’s shirt. Two starts, one goal in this March window. And some statements that show that something happened before. “I do the same thing I did… when things go, they go,” he said last night after finishing the match against Luxembourg.
“I do my job, I train to be better and to be happy with friends, family and colleagues. I’m doing what I’ve always done. When things have to go, they go. I work every day to be healthy, help the team and always do my best so that everything goes well. I am here to develop and learn.”
“I work every day to be well, to help the team and I always do my best so that things go well…”
“The more attackers, the better for the attackers, we have more support, four, five players in the area, that’s good,” He added when asked about the new system being implemented by Roberto Martinez, who has just started his journey with Portugal. What is clear is that João has emerged victorious. With the Spaniard, he has two matches out of two. Against Liechtenstein he was substituted on the 67th minute by Leao. Against Luxembourg he scored the second goal in the 15th minute and in the 75th minute he left the field.
“We knew it was going to be difficult, more than against Liechtenstein, but we made the game easy, scored early. Then we controlled the game. We were good, we started strong, we made the game easy. When we enter like this, we end up controlling almost the entire game. In the second part we did not do well. We are still in time for the European Cup, but we want to cheer the Portuguese and us, which we deserve after being knocked out of the World Cup. It is to continue on this path.”
World Cup, inflection point
The Portuguese arrived at the World Cup in Qatar with more enthusiasm than ever before. It was a chance to defend himself after his delicate placement at Atlético. João Felix’s organization in Qatar was good. The striker won the confidence of Fernando Santos, who included him in the eleven match against Ghana. and portuguese He was decisive with a 2-1 lead and with a rebound that led to a 3-1 lead. Until the athlete came to vouch, As he put it, he had a “feeling of relief.” Of course, he wasn’t a genius in terms of numbers, scoring just one goal in the five matches Portugal played in Qatar.
However, Portugal’s sudden and unexpected quarter-final farewell against Morocco left him with half the job.. He came back as a Chelsea player and felt very good in the Premier League. At 23 years old, he does not give up because he is one of the pillars of his team, although in front of him are names such as Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandez and even Cristiano Ronaldo …
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