Brazil’s intense planning for Paris 2024. The opening ceremony of the thirty-third edition of the Olympic Games is just around the corner. One day before lighting the sacred fire, the Handball competition will begin.
The team coached by Cristiano Silva Rocha is in group B with Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Angola. T
After two intense weeks of preparation in Rio de Janeiro, they will continue training in Germany, where they will play a series of friendly matches and then head to Paris. Germany, where they will play a series of friendly matches before leaving for Paris.
Voices of the protagonists
In dialogue with Giulia Guarieiro and Mariane Fernandes, two of the 21 players called up for the intense preparation process and who were confirmed, they agree on the importance of being able to be in their country.
With hard practice routines and a schedule full of activities that allowed them to be close to their families and share their experience with the youngest members of clubs, schools and also to receive the media.
“They have been very intense days, with a lot of physical, tactical and technical preparation training. We have worked hard and focused on the work we are preparing but also on the opponents we will face and we know they are strong.”
“We have also done a general training that has to do with the evolution of the group”, said Giulia Guarieiro, player of Club Balonmano Granollers of Spain.
“I see the team with high expectations, we worked hard in this preparation.
We are very focused, I think that good energy and joy is a characteristic that always accompanies us and this competition will be no different, Guarieiro added.
Marianne and her first Games appearance
“The Olympic Games are the most important thing in an athlete’s life. It is an immense joy, an honor to wear the national team jersey and represent Brazil.
It is a mixture of intense emotions, reflecting a lot of hard work and dedication,” reflected an excited Mariane Fernandes, who will be participating for the first time with her national team.
There is no doubt that the planning process of the Brazilian national team in Rio de Janeiro was very special, after a long time they returned to concentrate their practices in a city with a very important meaning.
Being in Rio has been mobilizing not only emotionally but also because of what it meant to have hosted the Olympic Games in 2016.
The Brazilian team left for Europe with the goal of delivering a memorable performance, getting past the group stage and beyond the quarterfinals. Paris 2024 is getting closer and Brazil is dreaming of the Olympic podium.
Match schedules (Paris time)
25-7 Spain vs. Brazil 12.00
28-7 Brazilvs Hungary 07.00
30-7 France vs. Brazil 17.00
01-8 Netherlands vs. Brazil 07.00
03-8 Brazil vs Angola 12.00
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By Camila Miranda Torres.
