Portugal lost to Serbia (28-21) in the first qualifying match for the 2019 World Cup. Portuguese national coach Paulo Pereira pointed out that there was nothing to be done.
– Serbia has excellent players, just like we, but it is normally lost here, perhaps with this defense, as it is today. It’s not over for us yet, we have a second game and you can count on us to fight to the finish. All the cards are still open.
In some aspects of the game we were ineffective, but some elements of the game can be corrected for the second game. Nothing was lost, we knew it was difficult to win in Serbia, even though we came up with that intention. We need support to win more than seven goals in Serbia, concluded Portugal coach Paulo Pereira.
