The Portuguese women’s football team defeated New Zealand 5-0 in Hamilton this Friday in the last friendly before the Play-off for access to the 2023 World Cup was played on Wednesday.
Jéssica Silva, in the 17th minute, Dolores Silva, in the 42nd minute, from the penalty spot, Ana Capetaon 63 and 69, and Tatiana Pinto, on 79, scored the goals for the formation of the ‘quinas’, giving them their seventh consecutive victory.
On Wednesday, again in Hamilton, Portugal will discuss entry into the final stages of the 2023 World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, with the winner of Saturday’s showdown between Cameroon and Thailand.
In qualification, Francisco Neto’s men add the Netherlands in Group E (match on July 23), silver medals at the last World Cup, Vietnam (July 27) and the title champion United States (August 01).
Source: DN
