Defender Raphael Guerreiro has been suspended from the Portugal national football team and will miss the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Slovakia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has confirmed.
“Defender Raphael Guerreiro has been released from duty with the national team and will therefore not be part of the group of players who will begin their training camp this Monday with the aim of participating in the double qualifying round,” the federation said in a statement. statement.
According to the FPF, the Portuguese international was declared “unfit to play” and “his dismissal was agreed between the FPF health and performance department and Bayern Munich’s clinical department.”
Earlier, Bayern Munich reported that the player had suffered a muscle injury in his left thigh and would not be able to play for the Portuguese national team.
Portugal will face Slovakia on October 13 at the Dragao Stadium in Porto at 19:45, and if they win they will automatically guarantee qualification to the final phase of the next European Championship. Three days later, on the 16th, the national team plays in Bosnia and Herzegovina at 19:45 (Lisbon time).
After six rounds, Portugal retain their overall victory and top Group J with 18 points, five more than second-place Slovakia. Luxembourg is third with 10 points, followed by Bosnia and Iceland (both with six) and Liechtenstein, still without points.
In addition to six victories in the same number of matches, Roberto Martinez’s team has a record of 24 goals scored and not a single one conceded.
In November, Portugal will close out the qualifying round with a trip to Liechtenstein and an invitation to Iceland.
The first two places in the group give direct access to the final phase of Euro 2024.
List of 25 inductees:
– Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton, Ing) and Rui Patricio (Roma, Italy).
– Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United, England), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton, England), Joao Cancelo (Barcelona, Spain), Ruben Dias (Manchester City, England), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain (France), Antonio Silva (Benfica), Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton, England) and Gonzalo Inacio (Sporting).
– Midfielders: Palinha (Fulham, Ing), Joao Neves (Benfica), Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal, Ara), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Ing), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, Ing), Otavio (Al-Nasr, Ara). ) and Vitinya (Paris Saint-Germain, Fra).
– Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr, Ara), Gonzalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Joao Felix (Barcelona, Spain), Rafael Lean (Milan, Italy), Diogo Jota (Liverpool, Ing.), Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) and Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton, England).