Portugal can follow Chelsea's example: Meireles

19 June 2012 16:47

Raul Meireles said on Tuesday that Portugal could emulate Chelsea by winning Euro 2012 just as his club won the Champions League without ever being considered favourites to do so.

"Chelsea won the Champions League when nobody considered themselves as favourites," he said. "When we began this tournament, nobody mentioned Portugal as one of the favourites. The best example for me is what I experienced with Chelsea this year in the Champions League. If we manage to do the same it will the realisation of a dream."

"There are no favourites really, because Germany and Holland were the favourites in our group and we qualified."

Portugal play the Czech Republic on Thursday in the first of the quarter-finals.

Source: AFP