After a day off, Portugal returns to work, this time focusing on the duel in Ljubljana, with training scheduled for 7pm, with the first 15 minutes open to the media.
Exempted from last Thursday’s game against Sweden (5-2), in Guimarães, Diogo Dalot, João Cancelo, Danilo Pereira, Otávio, Rúben Neves, Vitinha, João Félix and captain Cristiano Ronaldo join the team’s training camp led by selector Roberto Martínez.
Conversely, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Rúben Dias, Gonçalo Ramos, Rafael Leão, João Palhinha and Nélson Semedo, all starters against the Swedes, and Toti Gomes, who played the entire second half, were authorized to leave the stage and are certain casualties. Next tuesday.
Roberto Martínez called up a total of 32 players for the March games, but immediately explained that he would divide the squad into three groups, with one group available at every stage, another just for the game with Sweden and a third for the game with the Slovenians.
Before training, at 6:15 pm, also in Cidade do Futebol, a player yet to be named will speak to journalists at a press conference.
Portugal will also have three other preparation matches before participating in this year’s European Championship, all on Portuguese soil, with Finland, at the José Alvalade Stadium, Croatia, at the National Stadium, and the Republic of Ireland, in Aveiro, on 04, 08 and June 11th, respectively.
The ‘quinas’ team is part of Group F of Euro2024, in which they will face Turkey, the Czech Republic and the winner of path C of the play-offs (Georgia or Greece).
The European debut is scheduled for June 18th, with the Czechs, in Leipzig, followed by duels with the Turks, on June 22nd, in Dortmund, and with the opponent leaving the play-off, on June 26th. , in Gelsenkirchen.
The 2024 European Championship will take place in Germany, between June 14th and July 14th.
LG // AJO
