Portugal will make their UEFA Women’s European Football Championship 2022 (Group C) debut this Saturday afternoon from 5pm against Switzerland at the Leigh Sports Village in Wigan.
Follow all the incidents of the meeting of the National Team live here.
17.18 hours – Finally some peace in the game. Portugal begin to close in on the Swiss goal after balancing the game and after the storm of the opening minutes.
17.08 hours – 0:2 in favor of Switzerland, 5 minutes! Bachmann from the free kick, the ball into the box, and Rahel Kivic rushed to the far post to score. Bad start for the team.
17.04 hours – Swiss goal in the 2nd minute: Kumba Sow kicked off the first shot from the middle of the street and Ines Pereira, unsettled, hit hard, despite the extreme accuracy of the shot. Worse entrance was impossible.
17 hours – The meeting began in Wigan. Portugal on the field at Euro 2022.
16.57 hours – You can hear A Portuguesa in Wigan.
16.22 hours – In the four matches already played for Euro 2022 in Group A, England beat Austria 1-0 and Norway defeated Northern Ireland 4-1, while in Group B Spain beat Finland 4-1 and Germany defeated Denmark with score 4:0. Later (at 20:00) in Brentford (London) this Saturday, the other two teams in this group C will meet: the current European champions (2017), the Netherlands, 4th in the world rankings, and Sweden, 2nd . in the FIFA women’s hierarchy. On Sunday, the last four of the 16 teams of this Euro 2012 come into action, in Group B: France-Italy and Belgium-Iceland – 10 matches. Only the first two classified in the groups reach the quarter-finals ‘.
16.21 hours – Switzerland has on the bench, as well as other options that Niels Nielsen, guardians Livia Peng and Seraina Friedley can use, as well as Julia Stirley, Lara Marty, Rachel Rinast, Riola Dzhemaili, Luana Bühler, Sandrine Moron, Svenja Völmli, Fabien Hamm , Nadine Riesen and Meriam Turchown.
16.20 hours – The substitutes for the national team are defenders Patricia Morais and Rute Costa, as well as Alicia Correia, Silvia Rebelo, Susan Pires, Vanessa Marquez, Fatima Pinto, Lucia Alves, Carolina Mendez, Francisco Nazareth, Andrea Faria and Telma Encarnaçao.
16.15 hours – The match is judged by Czech Yana Adamkova, assisted by compatriot Lucy Rataeva and Slovak Maria Sukenikova. The fourth official is Croatian Ivana Martincic and the UEFA-appointed VAR is German Christian Dingert, assisted (AVAR) by compatriot Harm Osmers.
16.10 hours – In the previous four games with Switzerland, Portugal won only one and drew once more, while Switzerland won two. The national team scored three goals against this opponent and conceded four.
16.06 hours – There are already starting eleven. Francisco Neto chose the following eleven from Portugal, 30th in the world rankings and second in the 4x3x3 European Championship finals: Inés Pereira; Catarina Amado, Diana Gomes, Karol Costa and Joana Marchao; Andrea Norton, Dolores Silva (captain) and Tatiana Pinto; Ana Borges, Diana Silva and Jessica Silva. The 30th FIFA ranked Swiss team led by Niels Nielsen is presented in 4x2x3x1 format: Thalmann; Maritz, Kalligaris, Kivik and Aigbogun; Mandley and Walty; Tsrnogorchevich, Sow and Reiteler; Bachmann.
