Portuguese players focused on new year

The Portugal National Beach Soccer Selection is training hard in Sesimbra and will be until Wednesday the 17th in preparing for the new season

The 14-man squad for the National Beach Soccer team and their coach Mario Narcissus, arrived in Sesimbra on Monday the 15th to concentrate on what they must do in 2016 after a tremendous 2015. The team is focused on improving ,despite winning the Euro Beach Soccer League 2015 Pärnu Superfinal and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 Portugal. The secluded beaches give the Portuguese freedom to practice and play without any impediments or distractions for three days.

The European side has four scheduled training sessions and an exhibition match, on the 17th of Febraury at 10.30 The match will be played in front of fans, scouts, and coaches, and against Estoril Futebol de Praia. The public session will give Das Quinas the chance to show off and be observed by large crowds on their home sand. 

All of the Portuguese players also play on club teams, giving them even more practice and the list of training players and their teams are below:

CD Nacional: João Jasmins and Pedro Silva;

Energia Family: Duarte Vivo;

Sporting CP: Lucio Carmo, Nuno Belchior, Ricardo Baptista and Tiago Petrony;

SC Braga: Bruno Henriques, Bruno Torres, Elinton Andrade, José Maria Fonseca and tiago Batalha;

Vitória FC: Diogo Formiga and Luís Marques

The training schedule is as follows:

Monday, February 15, 2016

10h00: training in Sesimbra

16h00: training in Sesimbra

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

10h00: training in Sesimbra

16h00: training in Sesimbra

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

10h30: training game against Estoril Futebol de Praia in Sesimbra