Portugal time! :: zerozero.pt
The heart races, anxiety rises, nervousness tightens and the game begins! The kick-off of Portugal in the European Championship is given, this Saturday, in Wigan & Leigh, approximately 30 kilometers from the center of Manchester. the neighbor is Switzerlandnumber 20 of classification world championship, seen as the most accessible of the three that the team from the corners will have to face in this group stage. The others are, simply, the title in Netherlands titles and Olympic runner-up Sweden.
After several weeks of work in the national territory, where he reacquired some dynamic rhythm and started to design its strategy, the Portuguese team moved arms and luggage to England, where they hope to stay as long as possible, being certain that until the 18th, the day after the third and last group, the presence is more than guaranteed.
Even though we wished, since they were presented to have been against the very form of Russia, due to merit by Portugal best qualifying round of its history, with 19 points. That’s a settled point. Nobody erases.
Some problems on the way
Mariana Azevedo and Andreia Jacinto missed Portugal even before leaving for Her Majesty’s lands, forcing the coach to look for alternatives – Lúcia Alves and Suzane Pires were chosen – and on British soil it was the turn to Kika Nazarethto accounts with tonsillitis, and Joana Marchão, with a problem in the shoulder, causing trouble in the preparation.
Suzane Pires was called at the last minute FPF/Hernni Pereira
“It’s no excuse.” Francisco Neto’s words. The selector is aware of the difficulty of the challenge, but also of the responsibility and the ability that your team has today to put the foot down more than the selections that had this value, much more in 2017.
The national team, a real “family”enjoyed the natural phase of the evolution of women’s football and presents itself in this much more mature and final to get to know Europe (and the world) what it is to “play”.