Portugal goes into action tomorrow with Switzerland
One day remains for Portugal to enter the field, in the great tournament being played in England. Quality of resistors and transition phase in safety controlled.
Women’s football, which will take place in Europe between the 6th and 31st of July, kicked off in the best way. Edition of the new England edition of the fair, at the game In the new England edition of the fair, edition in Old Trafford, Manchester, where 68.81 people in the stands, record of the competition. It took nine years for a new attendance record in a women’s European Championship, after the 41,301 spectators in the final of the competition in 2013, in Solna, Sweden, played between Germany and Norway.
Portuguese opponents
After the qualifying phase of the class team qualification, in which they finished second in Group E, with 19 points, the best set in history by Francisco Neto “in the play set” against Russia which was excluded from the Championship, due to the armed conflict against Ukraine. That’s why Portugal wants to “do better” in the second edition of this edition, in England, after participating in the repechage.
In the group stage Portugal, which is in group C, will feature the Netherlands, the current European title holder, Sweden, number 2 in the world ranking and Olympic runner-up, and Switzerland, 20th, in theory the most accessible for the Portuguese set.
In England, Portugal knows that it needs to start well, in the opening game against Switzerland (9th) considering that the difficulties tend to increase in the last two games.
With all the group stage games in Leigh, in the great Manchester the second team faces the Baixos (day 13), on the third and last day, (day 17) Portugal against Sweden, opponents that have already won, in the Algarve Cup of 2019 (2-1).
Portuguese team
Among the 27 players selected, until selected in qualifying, April 2021 the coach in all captains, who withdrew from the selection, Ana Capeta Dias and Ana Leite.
On the other hand, among the 23 chosen for the final phase, the coach promoted the entries of Rute Costa, who was in the 2017 European Championship and entered as third goalkeeper, and by the side Lúcia Alves, called to replace the third phase Mariana Azevedo.
Contrary to what happened in 2017, at the time of the first participation, Portugal arrives much more experienced in the country with a strong apostate from some clubs in the professionalization of their teams and also in the development of the formation levels, which conquered the Portuguese player capable of contesting games against anyone.
Another difference is the fact that Portugal is not the least rated team in terms of ranking of the 16 that will be present at Euro 2022. The corner team occupies 30th place, above Northern Ireland, 47th, and behind Finland, 29th.
The difficulties are many, but the ability and will to fight are many. “Portugal is allowed to dream of victory, which will often be ahead. The goal is to surpass what was done in 2017, always with our feet firmly on the ground.