Portugal ″is very focused on the role to play″ in Euro’2022, guarantees Zicky Té
Pivot of the Quinas team, the youngest among the chosen ones, “already with a bit of butterflies in the belly”, highlighted the union of the holders of the trophy. Absence of some colleagues will be “extra motivation”
Zicky Té, one of those summoned by Jorge Braz for the 2022 European Championship, highlighted the focus and commitment of the National Futsal Team, arriving this Sunday in Amsterdam to defend the championship title of the competition.
“[O grupo está] I wish to see what’s coming. I feel that the group is very focused and committed to the role it has to play in this European Championship. Above all, it is a united group”, said the athlete, to the official website of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
Zicky is the youngest player among the 14 selected by coach Jorge Braz, but he already has a World Cup on his resume, won just over three months ago in Lithuania, as well as a Champions League, by Sporting, although he still feels “cold in stomach”.
“There’s already a bit of butterflies in my stomach, but I think that’s part of it. This is a competition that I never participate in. Of course, it’s going to be more special.”
With 24 caps for the “quinas” team, the 20-year-old pivot stressed that the forced absences of the injured Cardinal and the goalkeeper Edu, infected with covid-19, as well as André Coelho – who later joins the group could serve as an “extra motivation factor” to the Portuguese delegation, as happened in the World Cup.
“Clearly we feel sad for our colleagues. We wanted that we are also here by our side, but I feel that we are all thinking on our side. Therefore, we are also motivated by them. Instead of being the sadness factor, it will serve as an extra motivating factor”, he stressed.
Regarding the competition already, Zicky expects a competitive and difficult European, considering that “there is no longer so much discrepancy and as many teams”, because even “the teams that work less have many bases and a lot of what futsal is”.
“Without looking at our neighbors, we have to keep the goals in mind and put them into practice in any game, against whoever it is”, underlined the named the best young player in the world.
The 2022 futsal phase will be played between Wednesday and February 6, in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Groningen, with the first two classified qualifying to eliminate the elimination, playing exclusively in the capital of the Netherlands.
European and European champions on the first day of the tournament, against Serbia, at 4:30 pm in Lisbon, followed by duels with the Netherlands, at the same time, on Sunday, and Ukraine, at 7:30 pm on the 28th, on the last Group A journey.