Portugal will hold their final training session this Friday before Saturday’s friendly against Croatia, a day when Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruben Neves will join the national team’s training camp as they prepare to compete in Euro 2024 football.
Ronaldo and Neves, who were given another week off after finishing the season late in Saudi Arabia, will arrive this Friday at Football City in Oeiras and join the group of 26 players called up by coach Roberto Martinez for next season . Europe championship.
However, Martinez said both players will miss Croatia’s second friendly before the next European Championship.
After training on Thursday at the National Stadium to face Croatia, the Portuguese team returns to the Cidade do Futebol for a session scheduled to start at 6.30pm, with the first 15 minutes open to the media.
At the last training session, Francisco Conceição dealt with physical management and worked separately from the rest of the team, only running on the field. Despite this, the Porto striker will be able to meet with the Croats.
As usual, Roberto Martinez and an unnamed player will announce the match at a press conference scheduled for 12:15, also at Cidade do Futebol.
The Portugal-Croatia match will take place at 17:45 and will be refereed by German Harm Osmers.
Before heading to Germany, the country that organizes the European Championship, the Portuguese team will also meet the Irish Republic on June 11 in Aveiro.
In the first preparatory game, the team beat Finland with a score of 4:2 in Alvalad.
At Euro 2024, Portugal will play in Group F along with the Czech Republic (June 18, in Leipzig), Turkey (June 22, in Dortmund) and Georgia (June 26, in Gelsenkirchen).
Euro 2024 will take place from June 14 to July 14.