The Portuguese team of female roller hockey won again in the European, on Tuesday, in Lordelo, Paredes, by beating France by expressive 7-2, in the second round of Group A.
Even without his captain, Sofia Moncóvio – who suffered a sprain on her left foot during the morning training – the Portuguese team showed to be up to the challenge. The game turned out to be much more accessible than that of the day before Italy (5-3), and allowed a confident and effective display.
France still resisted during the first eight minutes, but eventually gave way to the absolute domain of the Portuguese. Still, he starred in the most symbolic moment of the first part: Ninon Dubocquet scored the goal of honor with a long distance shot in the last minute of the early stage.
The rest of the time was almost all painted red and green. Portugal controlled possession, accumulated offensive combinations and ended with quality. Raquel Santos opened the scorer on 8 minutes and was not long before 12. One minute later, Beatriz Várzeas increased the advantage, she had already threatened with an iron shot.
Maria Sofia Silva also wanted to leave her mark, signing two consecutive goals at 17 and 18 minutes. Near the break, Leonor Coelho closed the first part count with the sixth national goal.
In the second half, with goalkeeper Lili Bouchoux trying to wage the Portuguese avalanche, France had a short reaction moment: Axelle Husson reduced in 34 minutes, with a good finish. However, the last goal was Luso again – Leonor Coelho, today with the captain’s armband, closed the count 42 minutes after individual play, taking advantage of some hesitation of Marlene Sousa.
In the other game of the group, the champion in title, Spain, gave no hypotheses to Italy and won 5-0 and will discuss the lead with Portugal, in a duel scheduled for Wednesday (19:30).
