(sabasports report) In the early morning of September 12, Beijing time, the sixth round of the European Championship qualifying group stage, Portugal 9-0 at home to Luxembourg, the largest score victory in the history of the team, and six consecutive wins to lead the standings. Diogo Jota, who scored twice for Portugal, said in an interview after the game: Portugal is at the beginning of a new era and today we played close to perfection.
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Jota: “Today Portugal played very well both offensively and defensively, we scored nine goals, we closed zero and we created many other chances to score. One has to learn never to give up, even when things are not going well sometimes, just believe in yourself and the goals will come.”
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“I think we have always tried to do our best, Portugal are at the beginning of a new era, we are absorbing the tactical ideas of the coach (Martinez) and I believe today we played very close to perfection. We may have set a benchmark for the future with today’s game so that we can continue to develop and improve.”