“It’s a feeling of great joy. Things went better than we expected, with a very good qualifying phase. I'm happy with what I've done. It’s about continuing and perfecting the machine, continuing to enjoy the journey”.

The striker, who today reached 125 goals for the Portuguese team, rejected the idea that Portugal had an easy group, against Slovakia, Luxembourg, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

“We won every game. (...) It was easy because we made it. Portugal qualified because they played well, with an excellent team and coach”, said the captain.