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Belgium briefly went ahead via an own goal, but Portugal stepped up with Pany Varela outstanding, overturned the deficit before half-time and produced a convincing 8–2 rout to claim their fourth win at the European Championship.
Braz's 100th official match again brought smiles to Portugal, despite Poland causing serious problems (3–2). The national team finishes Group D with a perfect record and will face Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Everything that could go well went even better: Portugal beat Spain by their biggest-ever margin, Germany eliminated defending champions France, and Denmark defeated Norway — so Portugal now face Sweden.
After their first‑round win over Romania (12–7), the Portuguese team were beaten 22–7 by one of the favourites for the title — Spain. Their next match is on Thursday against Hungary.
After one rout, another: Portugal were always superior to Hungary, deserved an even bigger rout and are through to the European Championship quarter-finals with one group-stage match still to play (1–5).
A brace apiece from Kutchy and Diogo Santos, plus goals from Rúben Góis and Bruno Coelho, settled a match that started nervously for the European champions.
Portugal fought toe-to-toe but were eventually defeated by Germany at the start of the main phase of the European Championship. The 'Heroes of the Sea' lost 32–30 in a match characterised by a constant balance on the scoreboard.
Portugal lost, but the national coach prefers to focus on the positives and praises the team's performance.
The futsal national team triumphed again in the second preparatory match against Bosnia and Herzegovina — the last before the European Championship — winning 3-0 in a game that revealed greater difficulties.
After a hesitant start, the national team went on to a comfortable victory in their European Championship opener against Romania, with record goal tallies at half-time and at the final whistle in the competition and an unlucky moment for Martim (40-34).
