Launcher strengthens external options of Friends

The CAB Directorate confirmed to the club's Official Website the integration of Catarina Mateus into the Women's Senior Team. The player, who did her sports training at CPN, played in Lousada's team last season, counting herself as the best long-distance pitcher in the Women's League. The arrival of Catarina Mateus is responding to a number of exits from the CAB women's squad, such as Leonor Nunes, Rita France and Ana Cunha, who will continue their university studies, as well as Sara Barreira, who is in a process of recovering a serious injury that contracted on a shoulder. Also Carla Freitas cannot consummate, for the moment, her announced return to the club and basketball for reasons of a personal nature, and there is still some uncertainty about the continuity of Carolina Escort, which may leave the region for professional reasons. Faced with these six ‘lows’, the club's Board bets on Catarina Mateus, a young Portuguese player who has already integrated the national selections of various echelons and has been asserting herself as a quality player in the competitive context of the Women's League. The athlete reinforces the team of friends, especially in an area in which the CAB had some shortcomings, which is the outside game. It should be recalled that the Women's CAB begins the preparation of the new season on 1 September, addressing the new year with a total bet on work and rejecting any status or favoritism. In fact, the team is very aware of the very hard battles they will have to face and is focused only on work with humility and dedication.