On Tuesday, the Portugal national football team will begin preparations for Saturday’s clash with Bosnia and Herzegovina, starting with the Euro 2024 qualifying stage, with a training session in Cidade do Futebol in Oeiras.
The team, led by Spanish coach Roberto Martinez, has a session scheduled for 18:00, with the first 15 minutes open to the media. Earlier, at 17:15, also at Cidade do Futebol, the nominated player will attend the press conference.
On a list of 26 called up players, again “headed” by captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who could reach 200 AA appearances on this double journey, the debut of Wolverhampton defender Toti Gomez was a big surprise, with Nelson Semedo, Renato Sanchez and Ricardo Horta return to work in the national team.
Last Saturday’s European champions with Manchester City, Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva could arrive later for a training camp in Portugal.
Also of note is Pepe, who missed the first two qualifications for the 2024 European Championship due to injury and will be working with new coach Roberto Martinez for the first time.
Portugal will host Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday at the Estádio da Luz stadium in Lisbon at 19:45 and travel to Iceland to face the local team three days later at the Laugardalsvöllur stadium in Reykjavik at 19:45 (Lisbon time). .
Early in qualifying, in two games that marked Martínez’s all-time debut at the helm, Portugal beat Liechtenstein 4-0 at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon and traveled to Luxembourg to score 6-0.
Team quinas lead Group J with six points, followed by Slovakia with four points and Bosnia and Iceland with three points. Luxembourg, with one point, and Liechtenstein, without points, are second to last and last respectively.
Only the top two in the group advance to the final stage of Euro 2024, which will be held in Germany.
List of 26 called up:
– Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolves, England) and Rui Patricio (Roma, Italy).
– Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United, England), Joao Cancelo (Bayern, El), Pepe (Porto), Ruben Dias (Manchester City, England), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain “, France), António Silva (Benfica), Toti Gomes (Wolves, England), Gonzalo Inacio (Sporting), Rafael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund, England) and Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton, England) ).
– Midfielders: Palinha (Fulham, England), Ruben Neves (Wolves, England), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, England), Bruno Fernandez (Manchester United, England), Otavio (Porto) , Vitinya (“Paris Saint-Germain”, England). ) and Renato Sanchez (Paris Saint-Germain, Fra).
– Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr, Ara), Goncalo Ramos (Benfica), Joao Felix (Chelsea, England), Rafael Leau (Milan, Italy), Diogo Jota (Liverpool) “, England) and Ricardo Horta (“Sporting Braga”).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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