Intro:

Portugal trained and spoke on Saturday (28th March) ahead of their 2016 UEFA European Championship Group I qualifier against Serbia on Sunday (29th March).

Script:

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese), Fernando Santos, Portugal head coach:

"What we can expect (from Serbia) is a great squad, a strong opponent, powerful with good players but, due to the circumstances, they have the need to score points in this match. I expect a team that will not be the same team of the first matches when they had an offensive football in perspective, now they are going to be a more balanced team. It will be a very tough match"

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese), Fernando Santos, Portugal head coach:

"It will not be a decisive match but it will be a very important match. And if we win we will still depend only on ourselves because if we win, obviously, we will be stronger regarding what we need in terms of points.

So, in that sense it's a very important match and that is what we want and what we want, as I always said from the beginning, is to get to a certain point and I hope it will not be at the end in the last matches that the Portuguese team is needing to guarantee the qualification. And when that is assured we will have more time to prepare ourselves better for the European Championship in France"