This is how the Portuguese women’s team has been supported by the men
short pants. Blue and yellow is the clear favorite in the Portugal encounter.
Then team striker Carolina Mendes seizes her opportunity to cut the reinforcement.
– I asked him to play with us against Sweden, she says, laughing after meeting the Portuguese star of Manchester City, Bernardo Silva.
Carolina Mendes stays long after team training ends. It is doing well with Sportbladet – and the other two non-Portuguese media companies – which are in operation two days before the European Championships meeting with Sweden.
When you’re done with the interviews, you turn around. On the stairs behind her sits a familiar player. He has a grumpy look, like on the field, but soon bursts into a smile.
The 27-year-old Manchester City midfielder Bernard Silva He wakes up and meets Carolina Mendes with a hearty cheek kiss. They spoke for a while before he wandered towards the substitute bench at the training ground and left the City shirt to Portugal national team press director Matilde Dias.
When Bernardo Silva left, Carolina Mendes turned around and joked:
– I asked him to play with us against Sweden… (laughs). But he said they will miss the Sweden game because they are going to the United States, but they will watch TV, she says.
Portugal’s Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Joao Cancelo – some of Manchester City’s best players – have followed the Portugal women’s national team during the European Championship. They supported the team from the stands during both games – 1-1 against Switzerland and 2-3 against the Netherlands.
Ronaldo wished the team the best of luck
With the Portugal women’s national team having a training base at the Manchester City facility, men’s stars have also been seen close to the squad on several occasions, just like on Friday.
Before leaving for the European Championship, United player Cristiano Ronaldo met with the women’s national team at the Federation’s training facility in Portugal. Carolina Mendes, who played with Djurgården in Damallsvenskan, appreciates the support she is faithfully and strongly finding from international male stars.
– It’s very important to us. We as a family are in the national team and it was good to see Ronaldo available for us. Wish us luck. Cancelo and Bernardo Silva train here and they come to watch our training and watch our matches.
We are a family and that’s what families do. You support each other. It is our soul, it is our heart and we will do everything we can against Sweden.
