Enrique: I had the feeling that the goal was going to come

beat

thanks to Alvaro Morata's goal in the 88th minute to finish at the top of Group A2 and reach next year's finals for the second consecutive time. Spain, Italy, Croatia, and the Netherlands are in the finals.

Spain manager Luis Enrique after the game claimed that he knew his team was going to score.

He told reporters:

”Portugal are a top team. In the first half, I insisted a lot, perhaps too much, on having the ball, and we did. It is clear that we prefer to make the passes in the opposing half.

"The first half is necessary to show that the ball is ours; in the second half, I had the feeling that the goal was going to come.

"We repeat reaching the final four, and it is a great joy."

Spain is in Group E with Germany, Costa Rica, and Japan. The

in Qatar will start on November 20 and Enrique in the coming weeks has to decide his squad for this tournament.

"It is wonderful to train these players,"

he told reporters.

"The list is not 26; there are 40 who can come to the World Cup. It is a pleasure to train players of such quality.

"The pity is that players are going to stay out [of the final squad]. It changes continuously. It will be difficult for me.”

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