Lisbon: Portugal Football Team Gets New Coach After World Cup Defeat Roberto Martinez has been appointed to replace Fernando Santos. The Portugal team announced the appointment of Roberto Martinez as the new coach through social media.
“It’s a pleasure to have the opportunity to coach one of the best teams in the world. It has great interest. My arrival in Portugal has great hopes and missions. “Hopefully we can achieve all those goals with the best team and the federation,” Roberto Martinez responded. Martinez has made it clear that the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo is in his plans and that he is the coach who makes decisions on the field and not in the office.
After the quarter-final defeat against Morocco, Sanros’ chair fell. Meanwhile, Martinez, who coached the Belgium team for six years, stepped down after the team was eliminated from the Qatar World Cup in the group stage.
Martinez has won 56 of the 80 matches he has played since taking over as coach. 13 draws and 11 losses. The team’s biggest achievement was placing third in the 2018 World Cup. Martinez has also coached clubs like Swansea City, Wigan Athletic and Everton.