Benfica athlete Miguel Moreira said this Sunday the silver achieved in the Cup of European Athletics Cut Champion Clubs in Albufeira, “It was not intended, but the possible.”
“The balance turns out to be positive, but in collective terms we wanted the first place that was played with a very hard opponent, making the goal very difficult,” Miguel Moreira told Lusa at the end of the race.
Benfica reached second place in the race, and Sporting won the bronze, in a race won by the Spaniards of the Castellón Playas.
For Rui Moreira, eighth in the race and best Portuguese, the race went well in individual terms, although he always wants more than it is achieved.
“We always have a little extra to give and we rarely go out of the satisfied tests. I think I couldn’t have done it better, because it’s a track with challenging climbs and a lot of sand, which increases the difficulties, ”he noticed.
The track, he said, “there is no zones where one can relax, which makes the five laps very difficult to overcome,” he concluded.
Gideon Rono was the best benfiquista in race, when he finished in fifth position, followed by Miguel Moreira (eighth) and Etson Barros (17th).
The Sporting that secured the last place of the podium, collecting the bronze, had in Charles Rotich, his best corridor, with the third individual place. Rui Pinto did not go beyond the 12th place, followed by Rui Amaral (16th).
According to Charles Rotich, the proof “very hard to do, it went well, although the result was not the desired one.”
“I worked hard, but I couldn’t get the first place, which was what I wanted,” he said.
In collective terms, “the team was well, in the face of very strong opponents and the result, not what we wanted, was good. Now is to continue working to reach other victories, ”concluded the sportinguista.
Benfica also added this Sunday the victory in a mixed -up relay, with Sporting closing the 48th podium in Albufeira.
The athlete Salome Afonso sealed the victory for the ‘incarnated’, finishing the race in 17:49 minutes, with sportinguista Patrícia Silva finished third for more than 20 seconds.
In the women’s under-20, the victory was from Sporting’s Hawi Abera Ethiopian, while in men triumphed Turkish Ali Tunc from Fenerbahçe.
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