Portugal Lost 0-1 To Switzerland, Fernando Santos Regrets: A Quick Goal Changed The Game

Portugal national team lost to Switzerland. (Photo: uefa.com)

JAKARTA - Portugal national team coach, Fernando Santos, was very disappointed with his team's 0-1 defeat to Switzerland in the fourth match of Group A2 of the UEFA Nations League. In the match Monday, June 13, early morning of GMT+7 (Western Indonesian Time or WIB), Santos regretted the opponent's quick goal which later changed his team's game.

"A goal conceded within 60 seconds finally changed the game and made the team need time to find themselves," Santos said of the game as quoted from the official UEFA website.

Portugal's defeat at the Stade de Geneve came after Haris Seferovic's goal rattled Rui Patricio's goal after just one minute of the game.

In the 18th minute, the 2018/2019 UEFA Nations League winning team was actually able to equalize through Rafael Leao. However, the goal was disallowed because it was caught offside first.

This situation then made Portugal have to try to appear even harder in the second half in order to equalize the numbers. This was also acknowledged by the coach who stated that his team had tried everything they could even though the results were not satisfactory.

"In the second half the team did everything it had to do, a bit of effectiveness, it was the anxiety of wanting to score. We did a lot of good things in the second half and I think this result is unfair," he said.

With this result, Portugal must drop to second place in Group A2 with seven points. Meanwhile, Spain, who beat the Czech Republic 2-0, rose to the top by one point.