I have due respect for the games and players of our handball team, but I'm going to live for that part where, not being on the field literally playing, you play on another plane where you also win games: time-outs by coach Paulo Jorge Pereira. In the European Championship that ended this Sunday, and in which Portugal finished in an unprecedented 5th place, after beating Sweden 36-35, we have to return to the victory over Denmark – and in Denmark!, didn't it remind us of a victory over France in France, in Euro 2016, keeping the necessary distances? This 31-29 triumph had all the emotions, contained in a small moment, just one minute, in a time-out requested with just over 40 seconds to go. With Portugal winning 30-28 with less than a minute to go, Francisco Costa tried to intensely combine something with Rui Silva, but the coach wanted to talk, needed to talk. Luís Frade noticed and extended his arm, but at that moment, with two goals ahead and seconds away from a historic moment, no one was listening. But he did not stop at exercising his authority and need to maintain an advantage over the team that has already won everything. “There’s no need to do anything special,” he asserted, after exasperatingly releasing, loud and clear, a series of swear words that will remain here as asterisks, but everyone will know what they are. Listen, *******! [pausa] ****-**!”, he said, raising his voice. You can look it up on social media, for those who haven't seen it... He gave more advice, but the essentials, for me, were there. From then on, I always regretted the director's choice to position himself during the discounts of our opponents' selectors, in other games. For what? On top of that 'abroad'. “You need to have this mindsetit has to be this way of being. We have been using this discourse, especially internally, for some time now. This game with Denmark could be more or less difficult, but our mind was always on the possibility of victory", said Paulo Jorge Pereira at the end of the game with Denmark. This team surpasses itself in each competition, so what they are doing is recommended. And listen to the selector, for our health and yours.