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The Portuguese futsal team is 'near the summit of the mountain, where there is less oxygen, but with full lungs', head coach Jorge Braz said today, ahead of the European Championship semi-finals.
Portugal must overcome France to secure a place in the final of the European Futsal Championship.
The Portuguese futsal coach, Jorge Braz, said he didn't know what to expect from the already-eliminated Poland on Thursday, in a third-round Group D clash at the European Championship for which Portugal has already qualified.
Portugal can secure a fifth-place finish at the European Handball Championship this Wednesday. That depends on a win against Spain and on other results.
Portugal will try this afternoon to secure a place in the match that decides fifth and sixth place at the European Handball Championship, but to achieve that they must beat Spain and wait for other favourable results.
Handball players João Gomes and Diogo Valério said today they have the 'calculator in hand' to work out the sums towards Portugal's 'objective', which must beat Spain in the final match of the Main Round of the European Championship.
The match could determine Portugal's chances of reaching the semi-finals.
Sporting host Casa Pia in the opening match of the second half of the league. Also, Portugal make their debut tomorrow at the European Handball Championship.
