Soccer-Portugal must recover combative streak, says Pepe

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Portugal Training - Puskas Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 14, 2021 Portugal's Pepe during training Pool via REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Portugal will have to recover their intensity and hunger to beat France in their final Euro 2020 group game after a disappointing 4-2 defeat by Germany, defender Pepe said on Tuesday.

"We need to be what we have always been, a very combative team which plays with solidarity," Pepe told a news conference ahead of the game in Budapest, a re-run of the Euro 2016 final which Portugal won 1-0 after extra time.