Bruno Fernandes has a big smile on his face as he and Bernardo Silva win the Quinas de Ouro award in Lisbon.

Portuguese football was concentrated on Monday night at the Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon, where the Gala das Quinas de Ouro 2024 took place, in which awards were presented that reward the ‘excellence of being Portuguese’, under the motto ‘I am Portugal’

Taking advantage of the break in professional competitions and the concentration of national teams in the Football City, the Portuguese Football Federation, in partnership with the Players’ Union and the Coaches’ Association, managed to bring together the “cream” of Portuguese football, but also futsal , beach soccer and other sports that have elevated Portugal’s name in the last year.

A ceremony that featured the main personalities of Portuguese football, starting with the internationals who were called up by Roberto Martínez for the next Nations League commitments, with tributes to the careers of players such as Rúben Dias, Diogo Costa, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva .

At the Quinas de Ouro Gala in 2024, Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes, who are Manchester’s rivals but teammates on the National Team, were featured. At the Belém Cultural Center, the City and United stars were honored.

One of the evening’s presenters, Vasco Palmeirim, challenged the pair with a historical fact: on the same day, namely on December 4, 2012, during a match versus Turkey, they both donned the Portugal shirt for the first time.

“It’s my first memory with the Seleção. It was a special milestone for me and it was good to share this moment with Bernardo. Being in the Seleção means being among the best, whatever the sport or category. There is nothing more rewarding than to be able to represent our country”, highlighted Bruno Fernandes.

Bernardo Silva confesses that he no longer feels the nervousness of the early days. “Experience gives us the ability to deal with these moments of pressure in another way. But I’m not going to lie, nor am I going to say that we don’t become like 10-year-old kids playing at school, when we represent Portugal in a European or World Cup. There’s always a chills that come from inside”, he confessed.

Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva received the Quinas de Ouro trophy from the hands of Humberto Coelho, glory of the National Team and vice-president of the Portuguese Football Federation.