The President of the Republic congratulated the players of the under-19 soccer team this Sunday and considered that the athletes and coaching staff “honor the name of Portugal” despite having lost the European final.
“Despite the result, the President of the Republic considers that the young athletes, as well as the entire coaching staff, honored the name of Portugal and of all Portuguese people, with the certainty that they will achieve new achievements during their promising future,” it was stated. read in a note published on the official page of the Presidency of the Republic on the Internet.
According to the note, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has already spoken with the president of the Federation and congratulated the players and coach of the national under 19 soccer team, “for the trajectory of work and dedication that allowed us to reach the highest level that you have”. a European football final”.
Also on the social network ‘Twitter’, the president of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, congratulated the young players.
“Congratulations to the young Portuguese runners-up in Europe under-19. They had a beautiful championship, ”he wrote.
Congratulations to the young Portuguese sub-champions in European under-19 football. They had a beautiful championship.#EUROU19 #Portugal #selecaoportugal
– Augusto Santos Silva (@ASantosSilvaPAR) July 16, 2023
Portugal was defeated this Sunday by Italy 1-0 in the final of the European Under-19 Football Championship, played in Valletta, Malta, and failed to win the trophy they had won in 2018.
At the Ta’Qali National Stadium, the Portuguese team, which had won all the matches played up to the final, including a 5-1 defeat of Italy in the group stage, conceded the only goal of the match in the 19th minute, scored by transalpine winger Michael Kayode.
The Portuguese team, which was proclaimed champion of Europe under-19 on a single occasion, in 2018, also in a final with Italy, was now defeated by the transalpine team in the decisive match, as had already happened in 2003, and now has five lost finals in the competition, while the Italians lift the scepter for the second time.
Source: TSF
