World Handball. Portugal without margin of error against Brazil
On the return of coach Paulo Pereira to the bench, after serving three games of suspension in the preliminary phase, Portugal, first in Group D, meets Brazil, second in C, in Gothenburg, ten days after the victory by 31-28, in the Norwegian tournament Gjensidige Cup.
Portugal appears in the “main round” with the ambition of qualifying for the quarterfinals and thus improving the 10th place reached in 2021, so it will not be able to facilitate the games to be played against Brazil (today) and Cape Verde (Friday). -fair).
Sweden, the co-host team that won the European Championship and runner-up in the world, is Portugal’s last opponent in the “main round” on Sunday, but the result of this meeting may not even be necessary for the group’s accounts, which qualifies the first two to the quarterfinals.
Sweden leads Group II of the “main round”, with four points that carried over from the preliminary round, followed by Portugal, Iceland, Hungary, Brazil, all with two, and Cape Verde, with zero. The top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals.
Paulo Pereira attentive to details
Paulo Pereira, who will make his debut on the Portuguese bench in the fourth game of the World Cup, after serving three games of suspension, also recalled that Brazil, unlike Portugal, did not have to travel or change hotels and will play in the pavilion where they played a group stage.
“We will adjust to the needs and make compatibility according to the characteristics of the opponents“, explained Paulo Pereira, adding that the selection already has some experience to manage the physical and mental exhaustion in this type of events.