This Friday, Portugal faces Cape Verde, in the Handball World Cup, in Gothenburg, Sweden, at 2:30 p.m. in Lisbon, in a match in which they are obliged to win to continue aspiring to be present in the quarterfinals. final.
After the tie at 28-28 with Brazil, a game in which Portugal came to celebrate victory, a celebration interrupted by a seven-meter free kick to punish a foul assigned by the video referee, the Portuguese-speaking World Cup continued with Cape Verde.
At the Scandinavium Arena, in a match that will feature Prime Minister António Costa, only a victory over the Cape Verdean team, made up mostly of players who play for national clubs, keeps Portugal in the race for the round of 16 .
Group II of the second phase of the World Cup is headed by the European champion and runner-up in the world, Sweden, with six points, followed by Iceland, with four, Portugal and Brazil, with three, Hungary, with two, and Cape Verde, with zero. The top two teams advance to the quarterfinals.
Source: TSF
