Below are the key quotes from our compatriots:

Fabio Cannavaro:

"We have carefully studied the playing style of the Portuguese national team. This team likes to control the course of the match through possession of the ball. In addition, the Portuguese are eager to actively start meetings in order to seize the initiative as quickly as possible and open up the opponent's defenses.

Based on this, we built our training. We have our own plan and strategy, and we will try to show our football on the field. We are well aware that we have to play against a very strong team, however, as I said earlier, we are not afraid of this challenge. Our task is to show our best and fight until the final whistle.

As I have already mentioned, we are not only playing against Cristiano Ronaldo. He is one of the greatest footballers in history, but Portugal is not just about Ronaldo. There are enough players of the highest level in their main squad and among the reserve players. Nevertheless, in the penalty area, Ronaldo should not be ignored for a second.

He is capable of scoring at any moment, both after the standard position and during the game. Therefore, we need to maintain maximum concentration throughout the match.

Since I joined the national team, special attention has been paid to the physical condition of the players. Some players played in different championships, while others had certain problems. Nevertheless, I saw in the previous match that the team is in good shape. The players finished the meeting at a high pace and felt great.

Of course, analyzing statistics is not easy. For example, the speed of the ball movement says a lot about the technical level of the team. I don't like to evaluate football solely through physical indicators. Ultimately, what matters is how the team controls the ball, executes passes, and how rarely it loses.

In my opinion, if you lose the ball 20 times in a match, then you will have to make an effort 20 times to get it back. This is a very important factor. The statistics of the Portuguese national team are really impressive in many ways. We understand this and have carefully analyzed it.

At the same time, we do not need to randomly move around the entire field. What matters is not how much you run, but how effectively you do it. The main thing is to minimize the loss of the ball and understand where and how to get it back."

Eldor Shomurodov:

"There is no pressure on us. Therefore, I think it will be easier for us to play tomorrow than for Portugal. We have formed a great team. After the first match, we became even more confident in ourselves - our World Cup debut is already behind us. Tomorrow we will go out on the field for a good result.

We didn't pay much attention to the results of our opponent's first match. Now is not the time to think about it. Perhaps we will discuss this after the third round, but at the moment the most important thing for us is tomorrow's game.

I think that the mistakes in the first half of the meeting with Colombia were due to the fact that we failed to fully implement the coaching instructions. Tomorrow we will try to avoid such mistakes, show our football, control the ball more and create dangerous moments.

Abbos and I play together not only in the national team, but also in the club. We constantly interact in training and understand each other well on the field. However, the most important thing is to act as a single team and achieve the desired result."