This defeat complicates the Portuguese aspirations to move on to the second phase, and it is crucial to overcome Italy in the next round.
The national team was beaten Thursday by Spain, world champion in title, for in the game of the first round of group C of the Women’s European Championship, which takes place in Switzerland.
Portugal, which in the only two previous appearances never crossed the first phase, in 2017 and 2022, took the worse the European present, and today came to the interval already losing 4-0, after the goals of Esther, two and 43 minutes, Vicky, seven, and Putellas, at 41, while Benfiquista Cristina Martín-Prieto, 90+3, closed the count.
With this defeat, the Lusa team has not been left out of maneuver if they want to dream yet with an unprecedented determination for the second phase, needing to win Italy in the next day, the other favorite of the group and today won in the debut to Belgium 1-0.
