The national women's soccer team secured 3rd place in the Algarve Cup, by beating Australia 2-1, in a game played today, Wednesday, in Albufeira Municipal Stadium The Portuguese team thus secured an unprecedented place on the podium in the competition, which brought to the Algarve some of the strongest teams in the world, including the Australian.
The Portuguese took the lead in the 38th minute, through Nádia Coelho. Even before the break, but already in added time, the Australian Caytlin Cooper tied the match.
The national team's winning goal came in the 56th minute and was scored by Vanessa Marques. Until the end, Portugal held back Australia's onslaught, looking for opportunities to attack, to sentence the game.
The third goal did not come, but the two goals that had already been scored by the Portuguese team were enough for the Portuguese players, the technical team and the fans who were at the stadium to celebrate, effusively, this feat of the women's national team in football, which, throughout the tournament, demonstrated on the field the strong evolution that the sport has had in our country.
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