The symbolic captain of the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo, will not participate in the next Seleção match.
Without its captain, the Portuguese national team will perform on Thursday evening in Guimarães. To rest for the second preparatory match. Cristiano Ronaldo He is one of eight international players who missed the match between Portugal and Sweden, in preparation for Euro 2024.
Eight players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, were sidelined
Roberto Martinez Announce it: The 32 players selected during this international window must be divided into three distinct groups. The first group, consisting of 23 players, will face Sweden, while the second group, which is supposed to include the same number of players, will play the second scheduled match against Slovenia next week. the “Group Three” This represents a small number of players who will have the opportunity to participate in both matches.
In the first of two preparatory matches, which will bring together the Seleção against the Swedish national team on Thursday, the Portuguese coach decided to dispense with eight players, including Cristiano Ronaldo. The other two residents in the Saudi Professional League, Ruben Neves And OttavioThey will also be rescued at the beginning of the week in the same way as the Parisians Vitinha And Danilo Pereira. Finally, the people of Barcelona Joao Cancelo And Joao Felixas well as Mancunian Diogo DalotComplete this list.
A list of 23 players to face Sweden
Therefore, the Portuguese will present themselves with a mini-group on Thursday evening in Guimarães. This Monday, on the occasion of the first training of this international window, Roberto Martinez He was able to field a squad of 22 players out of the 24 players initially called for, while Rafael Guerrero And Francisco Trincao They were assigned to the medical department.
Finally, after their withdrawal, the two Portuguese internationals were forced to give up their place in the first working group to Danny Mota. So far in balance to join Luxembourg's choiceThe Monza striker will therefore be able to honor his first selection with Portugal on Thursday, while he should quickly join the others called up.
Portugal-Sweden group
Guardians : Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton), Rui Patricio (Roma).
Defenders : Ruben Dias (Manchester City), Pepe (Porto), Antonio Silva (Benfica), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton), Totti Gomez (Wolverhampton), Goncalo Inacio (Sporting Lisbon), Diogo Leite (Union Berlin), Nuno Mendes (Paris St. Germán) and Joao Mario (FC Porto).
Environments : Joao Baleña (Fulham), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Joao Neves (Benfica), Mateus Nunes (Manchester City).
attackers : Francisco Conceição (Porto), Jota Silva (Vitoria), Bromma (Braga), Rafael Leao (Milan), Gonzalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain), Dani Motta (Monza).
