“We have some players crying in the changing room, and I’m sure that many Portuguese fans are as well,” Portugal coach Fernando Santos said. “We were confident with our chances of winning the European title and we thought we could win it. Portugal deserved to win this match but it didn’t happen.”
European champions Portugal scored three times in 20 minutes in the Polish city of Chorzow through Andre Silva (32 minutes), a Kamil Glik own-goal (43) and a strike from Bernardo Silva (52).
The Portuguese went into defending mode for the final 15 minutes as Italy's Simone Zaza sought desperately for the equaliser.
Bento and his staff are scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Monday, the KFA said.
Europe remains the final frontier for the Manchester outfit.
The evergreen tennis legend is backing Brazil to go on and lift their sixth World Cup in Russia.
It will be just the second meeting between the two countries, after Morocco beat Portugal 3-1 in the group stage at the 1986 finals.
Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't the only outfield player to put in a stellar showing.
Cristiano Ronaldo once again came to the fore as he singlehandedly rescued Portugal in their opener.
Cristiano Ronaldo goes up against several of his Real Madrid teammates, who will come out on top?
