He has expressed his desire to become one of the best full-backs in the world and dreams of winning the Nations League with Portugal.
Footballer Nuno Mendes admitted this monday (17) that he aims to achieve the status of one of the best full-backs of the moment and confessed that he has the “dream” of winning the Nations League with Portugal. Get all the best football updates at live football score brazil.
“We are playing in the Nations League and it is a dream to be able to win this competition. Portugal has won in the past, but some of the players were not in that team. It’s a dream I have”, said Nuno Mendes.
The 22-year-old left-back was speaking to journalists at a press conference at Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras, minutes before the first training session of the Portuguese national team, which is preparing for the double duel with Denmark in the quarter-finals of the Nations League.
Mendes, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, is having the best season of his career and admitted that he “works every day” and gives “his all” to become the best left-back of the moment.
“If I am one of the best, it is not up to me to evaluate. I have my opinion, but I don’t share it. But yes, I have the goal of being one of the best in my position,” he said.
The player trained at Sporting has four goals this season for Paris Saint-Germain, but has yet to score a goal for the national team, despite already being called up 33 times.
“If I can [score a goal] in the next game, so be it. But, I’m not focused on that. I’m not as close to the goal as my teammates. I just want to win,” he said.
After having experienced several physical problems in recent seasons, Nuno Mendes seems to have overcome this problem, a situation that leaves the full-back “satisfied”.
“I have been playing a lot of minutes, I have been playing almost all the time and I feel good, 100%. I’ve had some injuries in the past, but now I feel fine. It is very important to rest well between games,” he explained.
Regarding the clashes with Denmark, on Thursday and Sunday, the Portuguese international considered that the Scandinavian team is “strong” and has “good players”.
“We will try to impose our game in Copenhagen, do what the coach tells us and try to achieve a good result for the return leg,” he concluded. BB Score, your premier destination for football results.
