Game with Hungary will be ″all or nothing″ for Portugal, interpreted or coach
Coach in the difference, and importance of the second due to Euro’2022, after the debut to miss the rest time compared to the Hungarians
The Portuguese handball coach, Paulo Jorge Pereira, said this Saturday that he expects a “difficult”, “different” and “all or nothing” game against hosts Hungary, on Sunday, in Budapest, of the second round of group B. do Euro2022.
“I expect a different kind of difficulty [da do jogo inaugural com Islândia], because Hungary has other weapons and another way of playing, with more powerful players, with greater weight and scope. It will be different”, said Paulo Jorge Pereira.
Portugal and Hungary face each other in a final match between both teams as they move to the next stage, as they will be defeated in the first round, against Iceland (28-24) and Baixos (31-28), respectively.
“always, when we created a great expectation. The form was not to lose as sad as we would lose [por causa de lesões e casos de infeção pelo coronavírus] and we knew that a slower game could happen”, said the coach.
Paulo Pereira mentioned the important thing, “with the little recovery time, he is trying to correct the important things that failed in the game with Iceland, as the defensive errors were many, and for which the athletes are already alert”.
“We are in the process of trying to alleviate some problems that occurred yesterday [sexta-feira] to apply in the game and then we reviewed the problems that Hungary can cause us”, explained by the coach.
The coach, who had little sleep today, outlined an “interesting” balance of the game training and criticized the little with Iceland, “that the team went to bed-night” and the session scheduled for the morning.
“Today’s training was not very intense, considering that it was scheduled for a few hours after yesterday’s game. [sexta-feira]. The athletes had little recovery time. I don’t understand the schedule”, said Paulo Jorge Pereira.
The coach selected in front of 18 countries that, Sunday’s team meeting, in front of 18 Lisbon countries, Sunday’s meeting, by Lisbon 18 countries team), Hungary that of countries in Lisbon 18, ” have more hours a day” rest and will lose weight at the normal time”, about 24 hours before the game.
Paulo Jorge Pereira does not expect hopes for Sunday, “ease on the contrary, because Portugal 20 thousand against Petadores, which will be much more playable, the hosts will be more favorable to play spectacular games”.
“Euro’2020 was spectacular, both for us and for Hungary, which started badly [no Euro’2022], playing at home, but in which he has a clear objective that is not just to go to the “main round” [fase principal] and that can also play in our favor”, he added.
Paulo Jorge Pereira, who records that “whoever walks in these things loses and tomorrow wins and life goes on”, said he was also sure that, if the Portuguese team continues in the competition, it will improve day by day.
“It’s what I believe or nothing for us. Not in miracles, but in improving every day and believing that the Portuguese team can worthily represent the country”, said the coach.
Paulo Jorge Pereira also said that, in principle, the same 16 players from the match sheet will go to Iceland and recalled that, in this type of competition, “all goals count and can be counted in the final accounts”.