The Portuguese football team will begin this Monday preparations for Friday’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Slovakia with a training session at the Cidade do Futebol stadium in Oeiras.
The 24 players, called by coach Roberto Martínez, meet during the day at the “home” of the Portuguese Football Federation and their meeting is scheduled for 18:00, with the first 15 minutes open to the media.
Earlier, at 17:15, also in Cidade do Futebol, the yet undesignated player will speak to the press at a press conference.
Pedro Neto was a big surprise on Martinez’s list, while João Cancelo and João Felix, now officially with Barcelona, remained on the Spanish manager’s selection list despite not having officially played for nearly three months.
Pepe, who was injured, was absent from the squad, as was Rafael Guerreiro.
Portugal will face Slovakia in Bratislava on 8 September and three days later on 11 September will host Luxembourg in the Algarve.
After four rounds, the team leads Group J with 12 points, adding only wins, ahead of second-place Slovakia with 10 and Luxembourg, third, with seven. Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland each have three points, while Liechtenstein remains at zero.
The first two places in the group give direct access to the final phase of the European Championship, which will be held next year in Germany.
List of 24 called:
– Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolves, England) and Rui Patricio (Roma, Italy).
– Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United, England), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wolves, England), Joao Cancelo (Barcelona, Spain), Ruben Dias (Manchester City, England), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain (France), António Silva (Benfica), Toti Gomez (Wolverhampton, England) and Gonzalo Inacio (Sporting).
– Midfielders: Paligna (Fulham, England), Ruben Neves (Al Hilal, Ara), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, England), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, England), Otavio ( “Al-Nasr”, “Ara”) and Vitinya (“Paris Saint-Germain”, England). Germain, Fra).
– Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr, Ara), Gonzalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Joao Felix (Barcelona, Spain), Rafael Lean (Milan, Italy), Diogo Jota (Liverpool, England). , Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) and Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton, England).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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