Luiz Felipe Scolari, who led Brazil to their fifth World Cup title in 2002, spoke about the development of the Portugal national team, which he coached between 2003 and 2008.
“It’s impossible to predict everything (success) that will happen with the Portuguese players and coaches, but it was possible to notice a development in the selection. You can see the situation in the country, how people are concerned about everything that the national team needs, from teams to football schools. I see all this with good eyes, of course. That During that period, I was part of a group that started to lay the foundations for everything we see in practice today: there were many requests, many studies, and they generated a lot of knowledge,” he said in an interview with FIFA. The Brazilian recently announced his retirement from coaching.
Scolari also recalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s first call-up to the senior national team.
“I remember that boy in 2003 who I played with a great will and a very strong discipline, this demand made him better every day. I will always remember that boy who did not let anything beat him. A person who is a pleasure to be with you because he is spectacular in every way. – From the outside, you don’t know who he really is. Now, at the end of his life, I think he will give Portugal a chance in Qatar. I want to finish (his life in the national team) so beautifully ”before leaving the repair before leaving He said:
“It was a pleasure for me to work with him, but there were Portuguese people like Figo, Pauletta and other wonderful players who supported Cristiano through the selection from 2003 to 2004. His evolution was facilitated by a group of very talented senior players.»
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