Stevan Manuel shines for Portugal, shares chat with ex-Benfica: Keep it up | OneFootball

Stevan Manuel has been one of the standout names in the national under-17 team. Recently, the youth player from Benfica gave an interview, where he discussed participating in the World Cup and spoke about a conversation he had with Renato Sanches, the uncle of the 17-year-old footballer.

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 saw 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 do 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 have 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’ll have to get past all of them if we want to reach the final. We 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.