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“We dominated every level” – Man United’s Fernandes taunts Super Eagles after Lisbon humbling

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“We dominated every level” – Man United’s Fernandes taunts Super Eagles after Lisbon humbling

The Portuguese nationwide group put 4 objectives previous the Nigerians in a one-sided affair in Lisbon on Thursday

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has declared Portugal’s readiness to shine on the World Cup after serving to the Selecao trounce Nigeria.

In a sold-out Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon on Thursday night, Portugal ran out 4-0 winners of their closing warm-up match earlier than jetting out for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Bruno Fernandes was on the coronary heart of all the pieces good concerning the Portuguese, the midfielder scoring the house facet’s first two objectives.

The primary was a first-time end previous goalkeeper Francis Uzoho whereas the second was from the penalty spot after Bernardo Silva’s cross struck the arm of the vigorous Vivid Osayi-Samuel.

Gonçalo Ramos and João Mário added two extra objectives within the second half of the encounter, moments after Emmanuel Dennis missed a penalty for Nigeria.

Happy with the Selecao’s show, Fernandes believed Portugal had been excellent towards the sorry Eagles.

“The perfection didn’t exist or not less than it is rather arduous to perform, however we made an excellent recreation, dominating each stage,” Fernandes advised Sport TV.

“It was a win that offers us nice confidence forward of our debut towards Ghana. We’re a group, it’s not about people and we’ve an excellent group, younger gamers which might be up-and-coming and hungry. We’re prepared for the World Cup.”

The Tremendous Eagles, underneath coach Jose Peseiro, end 2022 on a low after dropping their final matches of the 12 months to Algeria and Portugal.