After the victory against Santos' U-21 team, coach Safet Susic held a press conference where he commented on the match: "There was a lot of opportunities, goals, and nice moves. We're satisfied. Besides that, we have confidence, good mood, the guys are relaxes and the morale is even higher now."

He also commented on the questions regarding the alleged attack on him and the match against Argentina. He said there was no attack whatsoever, and that it would be a bad strategy to sacrifice Besic or someone else for Messi.