The Portuguese men's under-18 football team lost this Sunday by 1-0 in the opening of the tournament of the Mediterranean Games Oran'2022, with Italy, after missing a penalty and conceding a goal in an Italian transition.
At the Ahmed Zabana Stadium, a goal by Antonio Raimondo in the 78th minute decided the contention for the Transalpinas, who now lead group B together with Turkey, who beat Greece 2-1.
"The debut was not as we would like, because we came here looking for victory, to try to win this game, to enter the tournament with three points, but unfortunately we didn't", highlighted the coach, Joaquim Milheiro.
For the coach, the team "was determined and committed", and despite the misfortune of the missed penalty, he believes "that beautiful things will happen" if the team continues to evolve based on the "behavior, attitude and organization" it has shown.
In the accounts of 'poule', Turks and Italians add up to three points and Portugal plays with Turkey precisely in the next round, a "new opportunity" for the Portuguese, in a game scheduled for Tuesday, at the SIG Stadium.
The Oran2022 Mediterranean Games started on Saturday and will run until July 6, with more than three thousand athletes from 26 different countries, including 159 Portuguese in 20 disciplines.
Among the Portuguese contingent are several Olympic athletes, such as Evelise Veiga, Cátia Azevedo, Vera Barbosa, Tsanko Arnaudov, Tiago Pereira, Lorene Bazolo and Liliana Cá, gymnast Filipa Martins, marksmen Joana Castelão, Sara Antunes, João Costa and João Paulo Azevedo , swimmers Ana Catarina Monteiro, Francisco Santos, Ana Rodrigues, Gabriel Lopes, Alexis Santos and Tamila Holub or also table tennis players Jieni Shao and João Monte
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