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Portuguese Sport TV takes an important step towards gender equality this Sunday, with Rita Latas narrating the match between Belenenses SAD and SC Braga, which is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. The 27-year-old journalist will be the first woman to perform the aforementioned functions in a top-flight Portuguese football match. It is, therefore, a historic milestone on national television.
Speaking to JN, given a few hours before the start of Belenenses SAD-SC Braga, Rita Latas admitted that she feels comfortable in this pioneering role and explains that SportTV’s decision had nothing to do with the recent episode she starred in with Jorge Jesus. in the quick interview at the end of Marítimo – Benfica, which had cross-border repercussions, with the Águilas coach accused of machismo.
“The idea that I would narrate a Liga NOS match was thought a few months ago and I was already training for it. At that time, my director (Nuno Ferreira) told me about this possibility, I did some tests and today I will have my debut “, He affirms, proceeding with the guarantee that the preparation for the aforementioned game is being done smoothly. I spoke with people with more experience in the field and with Sport TV itself, because I know that this is an important and different moment” .
Regarding last week’s episode with Jorge Jesús, which brought him great media coverage, Rita Latas did not want to stretch, but continued saying that, after the incident, she was not contacted by the technician, so there were no apologies.
“I do not want to get into controversy. It is a matter that is already part of the past, that is closed. Now I want to continue doing what I did before, doing my job the best I can and at the service of Sport TV, which has given me these opportunities Now I am only totally focused on the work of Petit (Belenenses SAD coach) and Carvalhal (SC Braga), there is no other issue that stands in my way ”, he returns.
It should be remembered that, when answering a question from the journalist, Jesús returned in this way: “It is also natural, because you don’t know what the great quality of football is, but that’s it.” The technician’s response even led to a condemnation by the CNID, but it refused to stick to the macho cap.
Without revealing any extra pressure to serve as a banner for gender equality, Rita Latas intends to open doors to professional colleagues in the future. “It ends up being a moment that also circulates on that side. No woman had the opportunity to narrate a Liga NOS match, although recently, on Channel 11, another girl has already been given that opportunity, but in another competition. Therefore, it is still a very important moment and one that can leave the door open to the future, so that more women who like to talk about football and want to follow journalism can believe that it is possible. It is also an important time to get attention. society and to show that women also know how to talk about football and can also have the right to these moments ”, he explains to JN.
In short, for Rita Latas, the narration of Belenenses SAD – SC Braga, in Sport TV1 is one more step in a professional path that, “fortunately, it has been done gradually”.
The journalist, it should be noted, played futsal and soccer as a federated for 13 years. “I only played soccer twice, when I came to study in Lisbon, but before I had played futsal in Évora, which is where I grew up,” he says.
As a journalist, before signing a contract with Sport TV, in March 2019, he worked for Bola TV and wrote “more creatively” for the Bola na Rede website. However, it was on the Esporte na Hora radio station where he had “the first opportunities to contact sports journalism.” Now, at 27, he goes up another level.
“When we work to achieve goals, we can be 20, 30 or 40 years old, because what matters is trying to show work and be prepared for challenges,” he concludes. Then come them.
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