The president of the Portuguese Rugby Federation, Carlos Amado da Silva, is elated by Portugal’s first victory in a World Cup, but considers that the team is at a higher level than the rugby played in Portugal and calls for investment in this sport .
“We should have a space for the national team that does not exist. We must recover Jamor and complete the work, where we need to receive teams with a certain quality and with a reasonable quality for the spectators. We are not talking about luxury, but where it does not rain, where You can stay for a while, plus a bench. Completing the work on the Jamor high performance center is fantastic for us. Having a stadium for eight or ten thousand people for the ranking is fantastic and coming at this time, but we need it, because We don’t really have anywhere to play,” he says. TSF the leader of this sport in Portugal.
For Carlos Amado da Silva, Portugal’s 13th place in the world rugby ranking “is something unthinkable”, which is why he hopes that the Government can respond to the federation’s requests: “We deserve it.”
With the World Championship over for the Portuguese hosts, the team’s helmsman is also leaving. The coach, Patrice Lagisquet, leaves the Portuguese team at a historic moment and now is the time to look for a successor and something is already defined.
“French, of course. We plan this type of game, a process of continuity. We will have to continue with the changes. No two people are the same. We have an extraordinary coach who, perhaps, could and should even be with other teams, because if Whatever he did with Portugal, I’m sure he wouldn’t do worse with teams with other quality professionals,” says Carlos Amado da Silva.
Thus, the objective is to “continue” with this process, knowing that it is not possible “to have a coach with a resume like Patrice Lagisquet, because there is none”, and much less with what the Portuguese Rugby Federation “can afford.” . “.
Even so, Carlos Amado da Silva leaves a guarantee: “There will be a process of continuity. Maintain and, if possible, which is a normal ambition, improve. We will improve.”
Portugal made history this Sunday by winning a match in a Rugby World Cup for the first time. In the last match of the group stage, the national team beat Fiji 24-23, with a try followed by a conversion obtained with just over a minute left in the match.
Wolves, as they are known, finish Group C in fourth place, behind Wales, Fiji and Australia, but ahead of Georgia. The players return to Portugal this Tuesday, at 7:40 p.m., on a flight from Toulouse.
Source: TSF
