After drawing with the United States, Nani expresses his worried feelings with regards to his nation progressing to the next stages of the 2014 World Cup.

After today’s incredible game between Portugal and the United States, some of the Portuguese players cannot help but feel rather defeated, despite not being mathematically eliminated.

Ronaldo, who was not fully fit, again failed to impress with a sub-standard performance

The feelings are understandable. Portugal has 1 point, together with Ghana, which they will play in their last game. Meanwhile, Germany and the USA have 4 points, and a draw between them would automatically condemn both Portugal and Ghana to an early exit.

Nani capitalized early in the game on a mistake by the USA defense

Nani released some bitter statements after the game, probably thinking of 2004 scam, where Sweden and Denmark agreed to tie 2-2, in order to eliminate Italy at the group stage. The winger stated:

We are disappointed. We wanted to win the game to feed our World Cup dream. Now, it's harder, and there is a lot of grief within the squad.”

The USMNT largely outplayed the Portuguese, who never gave up and found a very late equalizer

The Seleccao’s faith now depends on the result between the United States and Germany. Should both games not end with a tie, one of the bottom teams may go through. Nani added:

“We gave USA a tough game. Now we must rest and see what we can do next. We are aware that it is very difficult. We all must do our best. We came to Manaus to win, but we were overwhelmed in the second half. Then it was complicated.”

Team USA failed to achieve early qualification, but remains in charge of his own future