Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo returned this Thursday to be available for training in Portugal after missing the preparatory session for the 2022 World Cup Group H game against South Korea the day before.
The captain of the national team, who on Wednesday limited himself to recovery work and did not enter the field, was in the last session before the duel with the South Koreans, scheduled for Friday.
Fernando Santos had 23 available players at the Al Shahaniya training center and during the 15 minutes open to journalists they all trained without restriction, the outfield players did their warm-ups and drills with the ball, and the three goalkeepers worked near one of the goals .
Nuno Mendez, Danilo Pereira and Otavio are still out of the team, all recovering from injuries.
The left-back will even miss the rest of the World Cup due to a muscle injury against Uruguay, although he will remain in the Portuguese delegation.
Portugal and South Korea will face each other on Friday, starting at 18:00 local time (15:00 in Lisbon), at the Education City stadium in Doha, in the third round match of the H Mundial 2022, which runs until December 18 in Qatar .
The Kinas team, who qualified for the round of 16 with a 2-0 victory over Uruguay, leads the group with six points, three more than Ghana, second and five more than the South Koreans coached by Paulo Bento and the Uruguayans, who simultaneously oppose the Ghanaians.