Within the national team, at the end of Sunday afternoon, in Matosinhos, qualification for the 2024 European Championships in Germany. When we still have two days to play to complete the first group, Portugal beat North Macedonia, with a score of 32-27, in the fourth round match, which not only ensured qualification, but also guaranteed group leadership, allowing it to enter Pot 1 of the tournament draw, thus with Possibility to face teams that are theoretically easy to reach.
Despite a somewhat shaky start, Heróis do Mar already won 15-11 in the first half and, thanks to a great performance by goalkeeper Gustavo Capdeville, achieved 45% efficiency between the posts and full-back Fábio Magalhães, who turned 35 and distinguished himself On their anniversary with two goals and eight assists, they shot up the scoreboard they’ve led several times with eight ahead.
Philip Kuzmanowski was the more accurate of the two teams, with his hands full of goals, however, it was Paulo Pereira’s side that put on a show and secured, in the penultimate stage, the sixth consecutive presence in a major competition, by attending Euro 2020 and 2022, the World Cup 2021 and 2023 with a debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021 due to the pandemic).
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