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The Portuguese women’s football team drew 1-1 against Wales, in Guimarães, on Tuesday, April 11th, in a preparatory game for the World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand from July 20th to August 20th.
Portugal qualified for the Women’s World Cup for the first time and is part of Group E with the United States, Vietnam and the Netherlands.
On Tuesday, April 11, the Portuguese faced the Welsh: Wales, which did not qualify for the World Cup and is in 31st place in the ranking.
In this match, coach Francisco Neto fielded a completely different eleven from the one he played against Japan on Friday, April 7th.
With a different eleven against the Welsh, the Portuguese tried to open the scoring, but the ball ended up not going in, as for example a shot by Ana Rute that hit the crossbar.
In front of more than 11 thousand spectators, the Portuguese team managed to score the first goal of the match in the 50th minute after a shot from outside the area by Telma Encarnaçãoadvanced from the Maritime.
Winning by 1-0, and dominating the match, the Portuguese were on their way to a triumph, but the Welsh team reacted and found their way to the Portuguese goal.
At 73 minutes, Rachel Rowe shot from outside the areaafter a Portuguese relief following a Welsh chant, and ended up seeing the ball go into Patrícia Morais’ goalPortuguese goalkeeper.
The match between the two European teams ended in a 1-1 draw in Guimarães, in Portuguese territory.
A draw and a defeat: here’s the balance of the preparation games for the 2023 World Cup which will run from the 20th of July to the 20th of August, less than 100 days to go.
It should be recalled that last Friday, April 7, at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, the Portuguese National Team, 21st in the world ranking, measured forces with Japan, 11th nation in the world ranking, which has already been crowned champion in the world in 2011 and was runner-up in 2015.
The Portuguese team ended up losing by 1-2 against the Japanese counterpart. The only Portuguese goal was scored by Ana Capeta, in the 25th minute, while the Japanese goals were scored by Yui Hasegawa, in the 36th minute, and by Mina Tanaka, in the 53rd minute.
Noticing that PPortugal and Brazil are the only two Portuguese-speaking teams present at the Women’s Football World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand.
