This is the third time that the hosts have reached the last four of the tournament and Scolari believes that success has already been achieved.

"I promised the Portuguese people that we would go to the semi-finals in this tournament," Scolari said.

"My players have helped me to fulfil this promise I made.

"Now there are four excellent teams left and only one of them can win it, so it will not be a failure if we don't win the final."

Scolari now thinks that his side will need to take their game up to the next level as they look to reach their first ever major tournament final.

The Brazilian added: "It's not always easy to keep calm for the whole game. But I'd like us to be cool at the start.

"We conceded early goals against Greece and England and we had to chase the game from the start against Spain, as we had to win.

"In this one it would be nice to build our game up a bit.

"If you look at the statistics, my team and the Dutch are very similar in terms of possession, shots on goals and fouls and in no way are we favourites.

"Our job on Wednesday will be to make life as difficult as possible for what is a very good team but they will be trying to do exactly the same."

Scolari, who is hopeful of becoming the first coach to win the World Cup and European Championship, has no injury worries with Jorge Andrade and Nuno Gomes having recovered from ankle injuries.