Teenager joao felix had an impressive debut season at Benfica but is still uncapped for portugal national team. he has ben impressive and attrated many major clubs from europe. Portugal will kick off the new competition with a semi-final against Switzerland in Porto on June 5, with the winners playing either England or the Netherlands in the final at the same venue four days later.
UEFA has divided the competition into four divisions, or leagues, with each league itself sub-divided into groups. Despite initial scepticism over the format, it was given a generally warm reception.
European champions Portugal topped their three-team group ahead of Italy and Poland to qualify for the semi-finals in the top division.
The tournament offers Portugal a chance to make amends, albeit small, for Euro 2004 when they were also hosts but lost in the final to Greece.
Santos acknowledged that such a short tournament would be a different experience for his squad.
“For the players, it’s always important to have the chance to win a title,” he said. “The players have great passion to play for their country and this is no different. There is a title at stake and of course we want to win.”
“It’s a different sort of test. There is no group stage with points and qualification …this is do-or-die from the start.”
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