The players Pepe and Zaidou, both recovering from injury, were reinstated this Monday into Porto’s squad for the match with the Spanish Barcelona on Tuesday in the fifth and penultimate round of the Champions League.
According to a note published on the Dragons’ website, coach Sergio Conceicao selected 24 players and bypassed the injured Samuel Portugal, Ivan Marcano, Wendell and Gabriel Veron, who were already absent from the morning training session in Olival. .
During the 15 minutes open to the press, Porto developed without limits thanks to centre-back and captain Pepe, who had a muscle problem in his right thigh in the 2-1 win over Vitoria Guimarães on 11 November in the 11th match. round of the I League, a match in which left back Zaidu suffered a sprain in his left leg.
Both players leave the clinical report and strengthen the defensive capabilities of Sérgio Conceição, who will be deprived in this sector of David Carma, is suspended, while Ze Pedro and João Mendes are excluded from the list of the club’s players in the “Champions”. .
The Blue and White, winners of the competition in 1986/87 and 2003/04, travel to Barcelona this afternoon to face the Spanish champions on Tuesday at 21:00 local time (20:00 in Lisbon). The match between Thursday and the penultimate round of Group H of the Champions League.
Starting at 19:15 (18:15) this Monday, Sergio Conceicao and the player to be named will speak at a press conference at the Luis Companys Olympic Stadium, venue of the match, which will be refereed by the Italian Daniele. Orsato and begins after the game between Shakhtar Donetsk and Antwerp was moved to Hamburg, Germany, due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Barcelona and Porto are tied at the top of Group H with nine points, three ahead of champions Ukraine in third, while the Belgians remain in fourth and final position, still without points and already out of contention for reaching the tournament table. 1/8 finals. The final.
The Dragons can guarantee the 14th qualification in their history in Catalunya and a second consecutive qualification for the next stage if they achieve a better result than Shakhtar Donetsk.
List of 24 summoned players:
– Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa, Claudio Ramos and Gonçalo Ribeiro.
– Defence: Joao Mario, Jorge Sanchez, Fabio Cardoso, Pepe and Zaido.
– Midfielders: Marko Grujic, Alan Varela, Steven Eustaquio, Nico Gonzalez, Romario Baro, Andre Franco and Ivan Jaime.
– Forwards: Pepe, Galeno, Gonçalo Borges, Danny Namaso, Francisco Conceicao, Mehdi Taremi, Tony Martinez, Evanilson and Fran Navarro.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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