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Jessica Silva anticipates the struggle of Portugal until the last day of the Women’s Euro

Qualification for the next phase of the European Women’s Football Championship, which will be played in England, can only be decided on the last tripPortuguese international Jessica Silva warned this Sunday.

after portuguese they drew with Switzerland (2-2) on Saturdaythe other Group C teams, the Netherlands and Sweden, also tied (1-1).

This result “opens the possibility that the classification in the group will only be decided on the last day”, believes the player, who highlights the importance of winning the next matches.

Silva spoke after a recovery training session at the Manchester City training center, with videos of the Netherlands team scheduled for the afternoon, “an amazing selectionthat Portugal faces this Wednesday with its sights set on victory.

“We knew this group was a tough group. We wanted to win the first game, because we knew that the game against the Netherlands and then Sweden would be more difficult games,” he told reporters.

The Benfica striker scored the second goal in the tie against Switzerland, which she acknowledged was also important on a personal level and that “she will remember for the rest of her life”.

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“It was a goal that felt good, particularly for me, it was a very special goalin a debut, but it was a more important goal for the team, a goal that gave us the tie and helped us grow in the game”, he stressed.

The person responsible for assisting the goal, Tatiana Pinto, highlighted the attitude of “believing until the end” to achieve come back from a two-goal deficit to draw against Switzerland.

“I know that Jessica is a super fast and insightful player so I took a chance, it was time to take a chance and luckily things worked out and we tied the game,” he recalled.

Tatiana Pinto describes it as “epic” the second part of the opening match of Portugal in this European, which made the tie “known a little”.

“Regardless of the team that comes, I think we are prepared and the teams that play against us will respect us much more, they will draw much more attention and they will have to run a lot to beat us,” he said.

Due to the best score in disciplinary terms, Portugal is already at the top of the groupalthough with the same number of points as the other three teams, which, in a way, is motivating for the Levante midfielder.

“It makes us feel that everything is possible, that we should not stop believing at this moment,” Pinto said.

Portugal, which is participating for the second time in a women’s European Championship, will face the Netherlands on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. and Sweden on July 17, both at the Leigh Sports Village stadium, in Wigan & Leigh, in the Manchester region, England .

The top two teams from each of the four groups qualify for the quarterfinals.

Source: Observadora

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