Portugal’s choices to face Switzerland in the Women’s European Championship
ANDRegarding the last friendly match for the competition that takes place in England (1-1 against Australia, on June 28), the coach, Francisco Neto, changed the young forward from Benfica, 19, for the experienced player from Sporting , of 32.
For the rest, everything was the same, with Inês Pereira in goal and a defensive quartet made up of Catarina Amado, Diana Gomes, Carole Costa and Joana Marchão.
In midfield, Portugal will perform with ‘captain’ Dolores Silva, Tatiana Pinto and Andreia Norton, while the front trio will be composed of Ana Borges, Diana Silva and Jessica Silva.
Of these ‘eleven’, five repeat the title of their debut in the 2017 European Championship (0-2 against Spain, on July 19), more precisely Ana Borges, who directed as a right-back, Carole Costa, Dolores Silva, Tatiana Pinto and Tatiana Pinto and Diana Silva.
The match between Portugal and Switzerland, from Group C of the Women’s European Football Championship, is scheduled for 17:00, at Leigh Sports Village, in Wigan & Leigh, in the Manchester region, England.
After the clash with the Swiss, the ‘quinas’ team face the Netherlands, holders of the title, on Wednesday, at 20:00, and then measure with Sweden, on July 17, at 17:00, in the same stage as the premiere.
To reach the quarter-finals of the 13th edition of the European Championship, Portugal – which qualified for the finals benefiting from the exclusion of Russia, in the face of the invasion of Ukraine – must be in one of the first two places of the group.
The Portuguese team is at a European for the time, after having Monday7 for the group stage in 201, in the Netherlands, where, in Group D, they lost 2-0 to Spain, beat Scotland 2-1 and were defeated by England 2-1.