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AL RAYYAN, Qatar : Captain Cristiano Ronaldo will lead Portugal's attack against South Korea at the World Cup on Friday despite having to train separately from the rest of the team this week but Fernando Santos made six changes to the side that beat Uruguay on Monday.
DUBAI: Cristiano Ronaldo will enter his fifth World Cup with a Portugal squad filled with talented players but that will be missing some national team regulars. Ronaldo will team up with Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes and João Félix, but among those not included in the list of 26 players selected by coach Fernando Santos on Thursday were João Moutinho, José Fonte and Renato Sanches. Also not going to Qatar is Liverpool’s Diogo Jota because of an injury. Others who made the squad include João Cancelo, Rúben Dias and 39-year-old central defender Pepe. Defender António Silva, who is 19 and received his first call up, also will be going to Qatar. The 37-year-old Ronaldo has been showing signs of a decline for the first time in his career but will still be the leader for a Portugal squad seeking their first World Cup title. After finally earning a major international trophy at the 2016 European Championship, Portugal also added the title of the inaugural edition of the Nations League at home in 2019. But they didn’t make it past the round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup or at Euro 2020.
Portugal manager Fernando Santos named his 26-man squad on Thursday for the World Cup in Qatar.
Pocas veces una negociación entre dos equipos por el traspaso de un futbolista había tenido tan en vilo a un tercero. Pero esa es la realidad. El Málaga sigue con palpitante emoción las conversaciones entre el Benfica y el Sporting de Braga por el traspaso de Ricardo Horta porque si se produce, puede sacar un buen pellizco económico.
Cristiano Ronaldo says Portugal are gunning for their second Nations League crown after kicking-off the campaign with a comeback draw against Spain on Thursday night. Ronaldo was surprisingly dropped for that Group A2 match and Andre Silva preferred to lead the line.
Portugal boss Fernando Santos has defended his decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo from his starting XI against Spain for their Nations League opener on Thursday night. Ronaldo, who is the country's record goalscorer with 115 goals, came on as a 62nd minute substitute but failed to score in the 1-1 draw. A late strike from Braga winger Ricardo Horta rescued a point for the visitors.
Fernando Santos has risked Cristiano Ronaldo's wrath with his explanation as to why the Manchester United forward was dropped from his Portugal starting XI against Spain on Thursday night.
Era el inicio del viaje y como queda mucha carretera por delante habrá que tomarse el resultado con toda la cautela del mundo. España pinchó ante Portugal en el arranque de la Nations League y en lo que se antoja el primer paso hacia ese Mundial de Qatar que aguarda en otoño. El gol de Morata y la actuación de Gavi nos dibujaron una sonrisa, el error defensivo en el tanto de Ricardo Horta nos recordó lo mucho que hay que sudar ante equipos de quilates como lo es Portugal. Y eso que Cristiano solo jugó media hora y apenas dijo esta boca es mía.