2023-12-01 01:40:17
This Friday, Portugal plays a match that could be decisive in the Nations League accounts. The women’s national team will face Norway, starting at 6 pm, with the certainty that a victory automatically guarantees their presence in the play-offmaintenance in League A. In the preview of the match, Francisco Neto, national coach, recognized its importance, but rejected the idea of «all or nothing».
“It cannot be seen as an all-or-nothing game. It’s a very important game, but it’s worth three points and we know that with them we mathematically guarantee access to the play-off. And that’s what we want, is to continue to depend only on ourselves”, analyzed the coach, in statements to the Canal 11. The recipe for the visit to Oslo involves repeating what was done with Austria in exhibition terms.
«[Queremos] A team that is not afraid to have the ball, to take over the game, to put pressure on the opponents and to create many scoring opportunities. But we also have to be more focused so as not to allow some mistakes that we made and that led to unhappy results,” he said, referring to the two defeats with the Austrian counterpart.
Finally, the selector rejected the idea of a revolution in the starting eleven after the latest results: “Of course, not everything was perfect, but I’m not one of those coaches who changes an entire team because of a bad result. . I trust all my players a lot and they can all bring different things to the game».
Portugal occupies third place in Group 2 with three points, one more than Norway. According to Francisco Neto, Kika Nazareth, Lúcia Alves and Telma Encarnação are in doubt until game time.
Francisco Neto
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