Footballer Pepe has expanded Porto’s representation in Brazil’s top national team by joining his teammates Wendell and Galeno, the coach of Portugal’s runner-up Sergio Conceição said this Saturday.
“Pepe plays well on the wing, as an inside midfielder, as a second striker, as a mobile striker and on the wing as a striker. That is why he was called up to the Brazilian national team. Maybe I’m giving something new, but now we have three players there,” the coach noted at a press conference after the home defeat to Visela (4-1) in the 26th round of the I League, according to information confirmed Brazilian Football Confederation.
The 27-year-old winger made his Canarinha debut under then selector Fernando Diniz in November 2023, coming on as a substitute in a 1-2 defeat to Colombia in the fifth round of the Italian Championship. South American stage of admission to the 2026 World Cup.
Playing for the Brazilian Olympic team, Pepe will now accompany left-back Wendell, whose only call-up dates back to September 2016 when he played for German club Bayer Leverkusen, and striker Galeno, who has a Portuguese passport but opted for a “letter” , and was called in for the first time on Monday.
Brazil will face England at Wembley Stadium in London and Spain at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid in clashes that will mark Dorival Junior’s debut with the country with the most World Cup titles (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 1994) years). 2002).
This Saturday, Pepe contributed to Porto’s 4-1 comeback win over Vizela, scoring the third goal for the third-placed Liga I team in the 68th minute.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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