Roberto Martinez Addresses Euro 2024 Disciplinary Concerns

Roberto Martinez has moved to shut down the noise. The Portugal head coach, still dealing with the shadows cast by Euro 2024, has firmly rejected suggestions that lingering disciplinary problems lie behind his latest decisions.

Speaking to Portuguese newspaper Record, the Spaniard drew a clear line under the incident involving Antonio at the tournament in Germany, insisting it has no bearing on the present.

“When there's a tournament and information leaks out, it's a very serious situation. At that time, we investigated and it was an accident. It wasn't a lack of discipline,” Martinez said, underlining that the episode had been fully examined inside the camp.

The issue, which surfaced during Euro 2024, has continued to fuel speculation around the squad’s internal dynamics. Martinez, though, framed it as a one-off moment that belongs firmly in the past.

“It happened at Euro 2024 and that's not part of the decision now. Two years have passed,” he stressed. “It happens in group dynamics and it's important to remember the most important thing: it was an accident and not an act of indiscipline. Antonio learned from it, but that's not part of the decision now.”

The message is unmistakable: the file is closed, the lesson absorbed, and Martinez wants the debate to move on to football, not old wounds.