Tomás da Cunha slams Roberto Martínez, backs António Silva: unforgivable | OneFootball

Portugal’s elimination at the hands of Spain is still a talking point, and Tomás da Cunha did not spare Roberto Martínez. Through social media, the pundit delivered harsh criticism, pointing to Benfica centre-back António Silva as one of the main victims of the Spanish coach’s management.

“Martínez’s press conference explains why he should never have been Portugal manager. What poverty”, Tomás da Cunha began by writing. The pundit went even further and identified the aspects he considers “unforgivable” in the National Team coach’s leadership.

“There are three unforgivable issues, for me: the way he threw António Silva under the bus, the fact he did not give Quenda his debut against Croatia, a terrible lack of tact, and the constant disrespect towards the Portuguese league, especially Ricardo Horta”, he wrote, directly criticizing the way Roberto Martínez handled Benfica’s young defender during the competition.

It is worth recalling that, in mid-May, Roberto Martínez said that António Silva revealed Portugal’s Euro 2024 starting XI without authorization before the clash with Georgia. This happened days before the World Cup call-up.

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