Portugal in the final of the U-20 European Championship – Handball
A seven-meter free-kick scored by Costa four seconds from the end put Portugal in the final of the European Under-20 Championship this Friday, ‘sealing’ a victory suffered in the semi-finals against Sweden, by 25-24. After having already won four times in Vila Nova de Ia and once in Gondo, Carlos Martingo’s team had at Centro de Desportos and the last break along Matosinhos, where 12-10 break, needed the bid to resolve the duel. The fifth goal by Kiko Costa, the fifth goal by Kiko Costa, the top scorer for the generation, the Portuguese will then reach the final of the European Under-20 12-year-old by Gilberto Duarte and Rute at the front lost to the front. Denmark (24-30). Portugal, to measure forces with Spain, which before beat Serbia (32-29), vol. phase (36-35).
To the best performance in the eighth century, visible – in advantages of two points (1-3 and 2-4), the formation of the ‘machines’ responded with personality and took command of the duel for the first time at two minutes (54), ‘digging’ , then a partial 3-1 (8-5).
Driven by the strong support in the stands, Carlos Martingo’s team maintained that trend until the break – even when Sweden still rescued the tie (8-8) – to the point of maintaining a goal margin (12-9), which owed to Diogo Rêma.
The national goalkeeper, who would be elected the best player on the side of the dwarves, added six in the first half and added seven more defense in the complementary stage, being crucial to stop Portugal’s drop in performance on the return of the changing rooms.
After a period full of minutes, with eight tangential advantages in favor of the Portuguese, the team of Dennis Sandberg achieved four goals in a row and dictated reversed the march of the marker (19-21), at 45 years old, a final stretch lived under tension.
Portugal rebelling along the same lines (22-22) and saw the turnaround at (23-24), before drawing for Pedro Oliveira, equal to another equal for Sweden, and with a book by Francisco Costa equal to equal to Suecia of an also inspired. ‘guardian’ Oscar Sävinger (25-24).
I play at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, in Matosinhos.
Portugal v Sweden, 25-24.
At half-time: 12-10.
With Mihai Marian Pirvu and Radu Mihai Potirniche, from Romania, as referee teams and scored:
– Portugal (25): Diogo Rêma, André Sousa (4), Gabriel Viana (2), Nuno Queirós (1), Francisco Costa (5), Tiago Teixeira (1) and Martim Costa (4). Tiago Ferreira, Gabriel Cavalcanti, Miguel Oliveira, António Machado, Pedro Oliveira (4), Vasco Costa, João Gomes, Nilton Melo and Ricardo Brandão (4) also played.
Selector: Carlos Martingo.
– Sweden (24): Alexander Linden, Albert Månsson (3), Carl Hamberg (1), Kasper Palmar (2), Felix Möller (3), Kelvin Roberts (2) and William Elovson (4). Oscar Sävinger, Julian Sjögren, Tobias Ljungmark (4), Petter Donaldson, Adam Ljungquist (3), Assar Kammenhed, Johan Ericsson (2), Mikael Helmersson and Herman Josefsson also played.
Selector: Dennis Sandberg.
Attendance: About 1,000 spectators.