Portuguese futsal player Jorge Braz said this Thursday 2022 against Ukraine, which he considers “the team of the European group”. ”.

“We have been preparing for the game, with the advantage of having had enough days to diet and consolidate what we have to do. We go all out, as usual. It is to win, to be in first place and to be in the next phase”, he told journalists, in the preview of the game.

The national team goes to the final selection of Group A of the tournament with points, the result of two victories in as many matches, leading in isolation, followed by the hosts Netherlands and Ukraine, with three, and Serbia, without points.

“I always said that Ukraine were the strongest team in this group. It is a selection that is always in the quarter finals and is ‘top classification‘ European. The first date is always complicated and they lived it. When they woke up, it was too late and they had this unpleasantness, but they changed soon after. Now they will want to improve even more and qualify for the next phase”, said Jorge Braz, 49, from Trás-os-Montes.

In this way, the coach evaluated the equipment as a piece of equipment or “very dangerous in transitions”, since it alerts to “extremely vertical” behaviors, being also objective and pragmatic on the ball.

“It’s all or nothing for them too. They will be worried enough, even more than we are, to be in the next phase. We have to worry about ourselves. If we have our dynamics and go to Portugal, create difficulties for them, all the conditions to win”, assured the coach with more games at the service of the team.

Jorge Braz to a few surprising results that were only numerous during the continental competition, where Russia and Georgia remained 100%, aware that “it would be extremely balanced”.

“All games will always be at 100%. Anyone who does not accept this desire to win the game and compete at 10% during the 40%, risks having displeasures”, she warned.

The universal Erick Mendonça also spoke to journalists on the eve of the meeting with the Ukrainians, for which he stressed that the Portuguese are “cautious” for the dangers of the place, but that they will not surprise the 40 minutes that last the game.

“I already know Ukraine well. We know the quality of the team and the players. This less positive result [derrota 3-2 com os Países Baixos] it had to do with the fact that they also had some players from outside. Now they will be at full strength”, he stressed.

The 26-year-old, like the 26-year-old Sporting, says he is comfortable in any position on the field of Jorge Braz, who feels better in recognizing his role as Erick Mendonça in the world, recognizing his role of universal recognition of the world and admitting to also having praise for his role as Erick Mendonça, who recognizes his role of universal recognition of the world and admitting to also having praise. important in the integration of the younger players in the entourage.

“Knowing that I already have some baggage, I feel important in the sense that I can be on the side of the elders as well as the younger ones. The vast majority of the younger ones are from my team, so integrating them is easy. It might be one of my roles,” she expressed.

After the unprecedented World Cup conquest, in 2021, in Lithuania, the media attention around the futsal team increased, with Erick Mendonça pointing to the “culmination of a job well done” by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Portuguese Football Federation. (FPF).

“Fortunately, we have a bubble that allows us to focus only on ourselves, but we are no fools and we know what is being talked about and the media coverage we have”, he outlines.

Leader of group A, with six points, Portugal closes the group stage with Ukraine, on Friday, from 8:30 pm local time (7:30 pm in Lisbon), also in the Dutch city of Groningen, after the two opening games at the Ziggo Dome , in Amsterdam.

The Portuguese ‘stamp’ the qualification even with a defeat, as long as it is up to four goals difference, and they automatically qualify in case the Netherlands do not win their match, at the same time, in Amsterdam.