Portugal plays this Friday, at 7:45 pm, with the Czech Republic, at Estádio do Dragão, in the first leg of the play-off for qualification for the 2025 European Championship.
The captain of the women’s team admitted today that “it is an obligation” to be at the 2025 European Football Championship and highlighted the team’s enormous desire to achieve it.
Ana Borges assured that the desire is to “be among the best”, even so, she did not underestimate the difficulty they may encounter with their next opponent, the Czech Republic.
“We, as athletes, want to be at the Euros. It’s an obligation because we want to be there, we’ve gotten used to being among the best. We know that the Czech Republic has never qualified. We want to get a good result from here but we never disregard any team. I always respect”, the athlete began saying in a preview press conference.
Regarding the physical profile of the opponents, the player did not want to highlight it, guaranteeing that it will not be because of this aspect that the Portuguese will be at a disadvantage.
“They are powerful, but we have already faced other teams with the same stature as them and that was not the case. The most important thing is to do what is asked of us, we have shown over the years that we can play against any team, whether they are more physical or technical”, he said.
The Sporting player also revealed that she was pleased with the possibility of breaking the attendance record at Estádio do Dragão in a match for the women’s national team.
“It is an added value for us, as women’s football, to have mass fans, but what we want is to provide the Portuguese with their presence in the final phase, regardless of whether there are 45 thousand, 30 thousand or 5 thousand people”, guaranteed the player.
Portugal plays this Friday, at 7:45 pm, with the Czech Republic, at Estádio do Dragão, in the first leg of the play-off for qualification for the 2025 European Championship.
On Tuesday, December 3rd, in Teplice, the decisive return match of the play-off will be played.
Leave a Reply