WSE-RH has yet to decide who will award the European bronze
Match between Portuguese and Italians, concerning the definition of third and fourth places, not played due to cases of covid-19 in the host team
The European roller hockey federation said this Monday that it has not yet defined a final position on the civilization of the bronze medal in the recent European roller hockey, which took place in Paredes.
In a statement made public, a WSE-RH guarantees that “so far, there has been no taking of a period of the bronze medal”, after recalling the context that led to the non-playing of the game between Portugal and Italy, following two positive cases of covid-19 within the Portuguese team.
In the statement from the WSE-RH, saxophone is also noted that at the European de Paredes, all the rules and health notices in Portugal were followed, regarding the covid-19.
This position comes on the same day that a third case of Portuguese players infected with the new coronavirus is known – it is Hélder Nunes, player of FC Barcelona, the club who also confirmed the positive of João Rodrigues.
According to the source of the Portuguese Skating Federation, João Rodrigues and Henrique Magalhães tested positive in the early afternoon of Saturday, the day of the final games of the European Championship.
Não Multiusos de Paredes, a national team still presented itself before the public, with Hélder Nunes taking the floor to apologize to all those who were in the pavilion.
“We ask you to understand […] it’s something we can’t do anything”, said the Portuguese hockey player, before thanking the audience for their support and regretting the outcome of the Portuguese performance: “We wanted more, we wanted more than third place. It was not possible, the third was also not possible for health reasons”.
Portugal finished third in the group stage of the European Championship, with the same 10 points as Spain and France, but at a disadvantage in direct confrontation.