World Games 2009, 2nd day

Great Britain - Portugal half time: 7-6.
The match concluded in a 11- 15 victory for Portugal.
Portugal was better and should have taken the lead in the first half already. Instead they showed some 'mental problems'. They focused more on the referee than on the cooperation in their team and played without a good match strategy or game plan: most players were solo. This resulted in a lot of attacks without any shots. The coach Jorge Ramos showed desperation and stayed with his bottle of water.
Great Britain gained from the disorder of the Portuguese team and came back from 3 goals back to 1 goal in the lead. In the second half Portugal recovered but they never showed a good level. Even so, they did enough to beat the GB team.

Portugal has good girls, the ladies however don't seem to grow anymore. Now and in the past the Portuguese team seems to be dependent on these female players to make the goals. But because the opponents of Portugal analyze the game plan of Portugal, the female players get more resistance and scoring has become more difficult. Of course you can see that Biocas, Antunes and Silva have the competencies of Tigers and Panthers but (just) these competencies are not enough for top-level korfball.
In the team of Portugal there is only one male player, Miquel Costa, who can play all round. He could play top level. The other male players seem to be middle class and play in specific roles, like Bruno Fernandes (who lacks any scoring ambition), who plays the Bear position.