Renato Garrido points to the world title: «Portugal will always be champion in any competition in which it participates» – Roller Hockey
The Portuguese roller hockey title, Renato Garrido, said this Friday that he intends to revalidate the world cup won two years ago in Barcelona, but attributes favoritism to Argentina, who plays at home.
The coach, who spoke at the world press conference after the players were announced, assumes that the corner team is a candidate to win the trophy in November, which will take place in San Juan, Argentina, from 6 to 13 November.
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The champions will be champions without a candidate in any competition that Portugal participates. Selections, we are candidates to fight to keep the title strong and we will be the best in Barcelona.
Asked about the quality of the teams present, Renato Garrido puts four in the competition, in addition to Portugal. “France appears with a very strong team, with almost all players playing in Portugal and Spain. Italy is always a team to take into account. Spain is a candidate, but Argentina, due to the environment in its favor, will be the favorite,” he said.
From the pre-call, consisting of 13 elements, Gonçalo Pinto (Benfica), Xanodo (Valongo) and Álvaro Morais (OC Barcelos) were not selected.
Regarding the European championship, which took place last year in Paredes, Jorge Silva (Oliveirense) entered the ‘chosen’, taking his place the forward of Sporting João Souto, who makes his debut for the Selection A in major countries.
In the women’s team, Hélder Antunes sets the bar lower than on the men’s side, even because the arguments are different. In the world final, Portugal finished, after a 4-2 defeat by Chile, third launch. “Our objective will be to win all the training sessions that we will reach this stage. From there, only what happens at work, we will perform in Argentina with the certainty that we will be eye to eye with any opponent to take the name of Portugal. as far away as possible”, he maintained.
Catarina Costa Rodrigues and Sandra Coelho to appear in the options.
With the aim of improving the relationship to 219, where the national team of under-19 registered him the third place, after the triumph, the coach in Vaz recover the title that he left for Spain, champion in title and that eliminated Portugal in the half -finals, 3-2. “The attempt is to recover what was lost in Barcelona. Now we have to do it all over again and maybe the model of the world capital of the past we don’t know the past for ourselves. We will not play alone, but the objective is to regain the title that was lost two years ago in Barcelona”, he concluded.
With a list made up of 12 names, Vasco Vaz ended up leaving it to Miguel Santos and Paulo Pereira, from Oliveir.
Male squads:
– FC Porto: Telmo Pinto, Rafa and Gonçalo Alves;
– Sporting: Ângelo Girão (GR), Henrique Magalhães and João Souto;
– Benfica: Pedro Henriques (GR) and Diogo Rafael;
– Barcelona: Hélder Nunes and João Rodrigues.
Female AA Callouts:
– CA Fair: Joana Teixeira;
– Benfica: Maria Sofia Silva, Inês Severino, Raquel Santos, Marlene Sousa and Maria Vieira;
– Gijon Catarina Ferreira;
– Sporting: Sofia Moncóvio and Rita Batista;
– Turquel: Cláudia Vicente.
Men’s under-19 squads:
– Benfica: Francisco Fernandes, Tiago Sanches and João Inácio;
– Wall: Diogo Pernas;
– Turquel: Guilherme Duro;
– Sporting: Filipe Martins;
– Valongo: Henrique Vigário and Vítor Oliveira (Viti);
– FC Porto: Miguel Henriques and Gonçalo Santos.