″There is quality and competence to take Portugal to the top of the European Championship″
Sporting athlete assumes that Jorge Braz’s men will “compete as much as possible”, to “try to be at the moment of decision”, read final, and revalidate the title
The winger Pany Varela recognizes the quality and competence of the National Futsal Team to reach the top in the 2022 European Championship, in the Countries, without feeling the weight of responsibility, after standing out in the last World Cup.
“The weight I feel is the symbol of the unique game that I carry in my chest. I work daily to, within my skills and the line plan, fulfill tasks. I know that my colleagues will also do it. , to compete and take the name of Portugal where it has to be, at the top. There is quality and competence for it to be so”, expressed the Sporting player, in an interview with the Lusa agency.
Pany Varela was the second best player and scorer at the 2021 World Cup in Lithuania, conquered by Portugal for the first time in history, after the unprecedented triumph at the 2018 European Championship in Slovenia, which marked the beginning of a glorious era in the sport.
“We assume the objective of, which is to compete as much as possible and always try to be in the moment to know. We are neither more nor less favorites for our past. the focus. The focus is us. Everything else does not interest us, not even look,” he said.
There is no separation from the world in the world, Pot has been changed to an area that can be called three months and can present itself in the middle, at the level having been “once it does not prevent the month” that he likes the most.
“I’ve been thinking about her, but it’s part of the past.
At 32 years old, Pany Varela is nominated for the best in the world, in a year in which, in addition to the World Cup, he was a player recognized as a player of Champions by Sporting universal Erick Mendonça, teammate and selection, and eight other competitors.
“If it comes to me, obviously I’ll be very happy with it. It’s a sign that the work I’ve been doing here with my colleagues in the national team and also at Sporting has had an effect. I’m not obsessed with these individual titles. me with the work I have to do, always for the benefit of the group”, underlined the Portuguese “craque”.
The futsal Euro’2022 will be played between Wednesday and February 6, in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Groningen, with the first two classified qualifying for the knockout stage, to be played exclusively in the capital of the Netherlands.
Portugal, European and World Championship, debuts on the first day of the tournament, against Serbia, at 16:30 (Lisbon time), followed by duels with the Netherlands, at the same time, on Sunday, and with Ukraine, at 7:30 pm on the 28th, on the last round of Group A.