The President of the Assembly of the Republic (AR), Augusto Santos Silva, emphasized this Monday the prestige of Portuguese football in the world, considering the modality one of the areas that gives the country “more international feel”, together with the national team.
“Since I am the second figure of the State and the external action of the Portuguese State is characterized by the unity of all sovereign political bodies, I am part of this good tradition inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and by the Prime Minister, António Costa, who will associate the most important figures of the Portuguese state with the initiatives abroad that most honor Portugal and football is one of them,” he said.
Augusto Santos Silva, speaking to journalists in Doha on the sidelines of a meeting with the President of the Portuguese Football Federation, Fernando Gomes, highlighted the projection of the national team on the world stage.
“For 20 consecutive years that the national football team has qualified for the World Cup, it has been part of the top 10 teams in the world for many years. It is one of the areas where we have more international exposure, more global influence.” “, he emphasized.
After watching Portugal’s 2022 World Cup debut against Ghana live last Thursday, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is now Augusto Santos Silva’s turn to attend today’s meeting with Uruguay in Lusail.
Portugal and Uruguay will play from 10 p.m. local time (7 p.m. in Lisbon), at Estádio de Lusail, in a match for the second round of Group H of the 2022 World Cup, which will be officiated by Iranian referee Alireza Faghani.
The ‘quinas’ team, which won against Ghana (3-2) on their debut, leads the group with three points ahead of South Korea, through Paulo Bento, and Uruguay, each with one point, while the Ghanaians, who also face the South Koreans today, follow the ‘zero’.
The 22nd edition of the World Championship will run until December 18 in Qatar.
Source: DN
