Benfica star on Portugal duty recalls Renato Sanches’ words: He said... | OneFootball

Renato Sanches is closely following the progress of the young athlete who has been making a name for himself. According to what was revealed by Stevan Manuel, just 17 years old and already standing out in the Benfica youth academy, the former Eagles star showered the footballer with high praise for his performance at the U-17 World Cup.

Stevan Manuel: "He said I scored a great goal and to keep it up"

Currently in Qatar representing the national team, which is aiming to win the World Cup, the young athlete recalled the words he received from his uncle after scoring in one of the matches: "[Renato Sanches] watches the games, in fact he watched that game, he said I scored a great goal and to keep it up."

"I think we had a good group stage, of course we had the game we lost to Japan [1-2], where we didn't play very well, especially in the first half, but we managed to respond and now we have to see where we need to improve to try for a good final stage," he added, speaking to Canal 11.

In the same interview, Benfica's number 81 also revealed the recipe for Portugal's success in the competition: "We have to be more focused, more attentive to every detail, because here all the teams are strong, even more so at this stage. We need to be twice as concentrated."

Finally, Renato Sanches' nephew—who is currently playing for Panathinaikos—made one thing clear about their opponents: "It doesn't matter which team we face, we will have to get past them all if we want to reach the final. We just have to go in to win every game."

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.