The Portuguese football team will look to add this Sunday a second victory in as many matches in Group J of the Euro 2024 qualifying stage in Luxembourg, which will be the first trip expected to be available.
After the defeat imposed on Liechtenstein (4-0) in the first leg on Thursday at the José Alvalade stadium, the main team of the Quinas again have favoritism on their side, but against an opponent with more arguments and value. make the mission difficult for the Portuguese.
In the event of a victory at the modern Stade de Luxembourg, Portugal will be able to take over the isolated leadership of the “field”, that is, if Bosnia-Herzegovina, which also has three points, “contributes” to a draw or defeat away to Slovakia, winning in the debut against Iceland (3-0).
On the other hand, the team led by Luc Holz will play Portugal for the third time in a row in the qualifying stage after Euro 2020 and Mundial 2022, motivated by an unexpected 0-0 score in Slovakia in the first round.
This Sunday, according to coach Roberto Martínez’ announcement at a pre-press conference, Portugal will be able to present “eleven” different from the one that crushed Liechtenstein in order to have “fresh people”.
After being ruled out on Thursday, defender Diogo Leite, who made his AA debut, and midfielder Matheus Nunez are due to appear on the match sheet, forcing the Portugal coach to transfer the other two players to the stands. .
The Luxembourg national team receives the Kinas team at the Stade de Luxembourg at 19:45 (20:45 local time) in a meeting led by Romanian Radu Petrescu.
Portugal must take one of the first two places in order to gain direct access to the final stage of the competition scheduled for Germany (from June 14 to July 14, 2024).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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