Coach Francisco Neto announced on Tuesday the 23 rookie Portugal squads for the Women’s World Cup, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand, in a list with no major surprises:
Goalie: Rute Costa (Benfica), Inês Pereira (Servette, Sui) and Patrícia Morais (Sporting Braga).
Defenses: Ana Seiça (Benfica), Carole Costa (Benfica), Catarina Amado (Benfica), Diana Gomes (Sevilla, Esp), Joana Marchão (Parma, Ita), Lúcia Alves (Benfica) and Sílvia Rebelo (Benfica).
Half: Ana Rute (Sporting Braga), Andreia Norton (Benfica), Andreia Jacinto (Real Sociedad, Esp), Dolores Silva (Sporting Braga), Fátima Pinto (Alavés, Esp), Francisca ‘Kika’ Nazareth (Benfica), Tatiana Pinto (Get up, Esp.)
Advanced: Ana Borges (Sporting), Ana Capeta (Sporting), Carolina Mendes (Sporting Braga), Diana Silva (Sporting), Jéssica Silva (Benfica) and Telma Encarnação (Marítimo).
The elections of Francisco Neto, who last week renewed his contract with the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) until 2027, were announced at a press conference at the new headquarters of the sponsor of the Women’s League, in the Monumental Building, in Praça do Saldanha, in Lisbon.
The team qualified on February 22, beating Cameroon 2-1, in Hamilton, New Zealand, in the final of Group A of the Intercontinental playoff, in a victory sealed by a penalty by Carole Costa, at 90+4 minutes.
In the 2023 World Cup, Portugal will face runner-up Holland in the group stage (July 23), in Dunedin, Vietnam (27), in Hamilton, and champion United States (August 1), in Auckland. .
The World Cup will take place between July 20 and August 20, in Australia and New Zealand, and, before the game, on July 10, the selection of the ‘quinas’ will face Ukraine, on July 7, at Estádio do Bessa, in the port.
Source: TSF
