The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, congratulated this Wednesday “very warmly” on the “unprecedented step in Portuguese sport” that the Portuguese women’s soccer team has taken in qualifying for the 2023 World Cup.
“The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, warmly congratulates the women’s national team that has just qualified for the final phase of the World Cup, in an unprecedented step in Portuguese sport”, declared the head of state .
In a note sent to the Lusa news agency, it is said that “the President, as he did with the men’s teams, will receive him in Belém”, without yet advancing the date for this reception at his official residence in Lisbon.
The Portuguese women’s soccer team qualified today for the 2023 World Cup, beating Cameroon 2-1, in the final of Group A of the Intercontinental Play-off, in Hamilton, New Zealand.
A penalty scored by Carole Costa, in the 90+4 minute, sealed the unprecedented Portuguese classification, after, in the 89th minute, the Cameroonian Ajara Nchout had ‘cancelled’ Portugal’s first goal, scored by Diana Gomes, in the minute 22.
Francisco Neto’s men join runners-up Holland (July 23), Vietnam (27) and champions United States (August 1) in Group E, from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
Source: TSF
