On Saturday, Benfica renewed the title of women’s handball champion, By defeating Colego de Gaia 52-31is the ninth in the club’s history, but center Mihaela Minciona ensures that there is “more to be done”.
“There is always more to do. We won the championship, but we missed the FA Cup, and because we are an internal competition, we had an obligation to win. We had it, but even then we could do more and better internally. The Portugal international, who has scored 97 goals this season, said in a statement. “We can also do more internationally,” Llosa remarks.
In a league campaign that yielded 20 wins in 21 games played so far, strong competition was only from Madeira SAD, the only team that managed to snatch a tie from the Eagles (30-30), and even win the FA Cup (29). -27), prevented João Alexandre Florêncio’s team from celebrating earlier.
The Benfica coach prefers to calm the potential euphoria and points out, in addition to the final four of the Portuguese Cup, the trophy that the Reds can still add to the Super Cup and the League, the importance of winning the third championship next season, which would be an unprecedented achievement in the history of the club.
“We have to have a lot of respect for teams like [Colégio de] Gaia, which, in the past six years, has won two championships. We are very strong, the greatness that Benfica deserves, but we want to do more, we will not stop here and now we have the last four. [da Taça de Portugal]which will be very difficult, because we’ve had a lot of injuries, and we’ve already thought about that and the third championship, which will be unprecedented,” Florencio stated.
Benfica had abandoned the method in 1993/1994, and after a brief return in the 1996-1997 season, the club returned to betting on the method in 2018, winning the second division first and then winning the first twice, without suffering any defeat. On the road.
Despite the team’s success this season, dissatisfaction and the need to achieve another kind of success at the international level was unanimous among the players.
Benfica ended up being accidentally eliminated from the UEFA Cup by Turkish Konyaalti BSK, who would go on to win the tournament, in the round of 16, as the Eagles lost 33-32 in Luz, after a 35-minute draw at the opponent’s ground. .
The team’s lack of experience was the main factor that the Benfica coach referred to for the European defeat, while Minciona confirmed his desire to correct the opposite result.
“This year was our goal. Every competition Benfica enters is to win, some competitions with more commitment, others with less. That confrontation and seeing the team that beat us end up winning the cup leaves a bitter aftertaste. We could have done more.”
Coach Joao Alexandre Florencio highlighted and thanked, in addition to the entire sporting plan, the role the club has played in investing in and promoting women’s sport as a whole and the social impact that this may have on future generations.
“What the Benfica Women’s Department has done in sport is unbelievable. We have the top five sports wards with women’s teams at the highest level. Today, my daughter has references, and she already has references and is starting to get them. It’s a civilizing progression and it’s incredible what Benfica is doing for sport and for women.” In particular,” he explained.
