After losing to Uzbekistan (1: 3) the day before, Portugal returned to victory this Sunday by beating Costa Rica (5: 0) in a special game for coach Jorge Braz: 150th in a corner team. … FPF President Fernando Gomes attended the Pavilhão Cidade de Viseu and presented the coach with a 150-game allusion jersey.
“I didn’t know the number, I already realized that there are 150 games and 95 wins, it needs to be reduced. [risos]… This is a huge pride, it was an extremely pleasant surprise, but we want more, and by improving this ratio, I am certainly helping to improve Portuguese futsal. that’s what’s important, ”Jorge Braz told the FPF website.
Jorge Braz made his debut as national coach on 23 September 2003 in the first of two preparatory games against Azerbaijan (Portugal win 2-1), but it was only from July 2006 that he became part of the national technical team, assisting Orlando Duarte. In July 2010, he assumed the role of national coach and made his debut on 17 October 2010 at the VI Futsal Grand Prix game in Anapolis (Brazil) against (2: 0). Since then, Braz has led the team to the finals of four European Championships: 2012 Croatia (quarterfinals), 2014 Belgium (4th place), 2016 Serbia (quarterfinals) and 2018 Slovenia (champion). The coach also qualified the Portuguese team for the final stages of the World Championships in Thailand 2012 (quarterfinals), Colombia 2016 (4th place) and Lithuania 2021 “in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
In terms of the game, it was fifth in preparation for the 2021 FIFA World Cup Lithuania, 12 September to 3 October, against Costa Rica, CONCACAF champions, Portugal took the lead five minutes later thanks to André Coelho, followed by Goals by Bruno Coelho (13), Pauleta (16), Afonso (25) and Thiago Brito (38).
Next Tuesday, the national team will again concentrate in Viseu, where a double confrontation with the Paraguayan rival is planned for September 3 and 5, as well as two preparatory games for the World Cup.
