Spanish coach Roberto Martínez will have his first training session as the new national team coach on Monday, the day Portugal start preparing for their Euro 2024 qualifying debut.
The Martinez-led session is scheduled for 5:30 pm at the Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras, with the first 15 minutes open to members of the media.
In his first challenge, the 49-year-old made his debut with Diogo Leite, and also called up Gonzalo Inacio, as well as “veterans” Pepe (40) and Cristiano Ronaldo (38).
However, Porto’s centre-back missed the Dragons’ recent games with an injury and was dropped from the squad on Sunday, reducing his squad to 25.
In the Group J debut of Euro 2024 qualifiers in Germany, Portugal will take on Liechtenstein on 23 March at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, before playing in Luxembourg three days later.
The group also includes Iceland, Slovakia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Roberto Martinez was chosen by the Portuguese Football Federation to replace Fernando Santos, who left his post after the World Cup in Qatar, in which the national team reached the quarterfinals.
Santos has led the team since 2014, winning Euro 2016 and the first Nations League in 2019.
List of 25 called up:
– Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolves, England) and Rui Patricio (Roma, Italy).
– Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United, England), Joao Cancelo (Bayern, El), Ruben Diaz (Manchester City, England), Danilo Pereira (PSG, France), António Silva (Benfica) “), Diogo Leite (Union Berlin, Ale), Gonzalo Inacio (Sporting), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain, France) and Rafael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund, Ale).
– Midfielders: Paligna (Fulham, England), Ruben Neves (Wolves, England), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, England), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, England), Joao Mario (Benfica) ), Matheus Nunez (Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, England), Otavio (Porto) and Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain, France).
– Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr, Ara), Goncalo Ramos (Benfica), Joao Felix (Chelsea, England), Rafael Leao (Milan, Italy) and Diogo Jota (Liverpool) “, England).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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