Joking around: Winger Nani (left) gets some rough treatment from defender Bruno Alves (centre)

'I am confident that tomorrow we will play in the same manner we have done so far, with consistency and humility. If we don't win tomorrow, we will compliment our opponents.'

Bento believes it will take a team effort to see his players reach the last four of the competition.

'We always try to defend and to attack with the maximum number of players possible,' he said. 'We have to use our strengths and try to hide our weaknesses.'

Bento has no injury worries and is expected to field Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo in support of Helder Postiga up front.

Ronaldo scored twice against Holland to increase his tally for Portugal to 34 goals.

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