Portugal is starting the pre-Olympic handball tournament on the wrong foot. The Portuguese team, led by coach Paulo Pereira, lost this Thursday to Norway (32-29) in the first game of Group C.
Portugal started well but allowed a strong response from the Scandinavians, who led by five goals at the break. Portugal were much better in the second half but were unable to stop the fast attacks from the Norwegians as they would have liked, who had great credit for the way they took every opportunity in which Portugal were at a numerical disadvantage to build further. expand the advantage. At some point, the team still dreamed of a possible victory, but in the last minutes, unlike the Norwegian team, it turned out to be wasteful.
Portugal will now face Tunisia on Saturday at 4pm in their second Group 3 game, with the third match scheduled for 8pm on Sunday against hosts Hungary.
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