Portugal starts preparation for final clash with Turkey – Sports
The 25 called up by the Portuguese coach, Fernando Santos, will focus on Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras, and there is a doubt around the midfielder Rúben Neves, from Wolverhampton, who was injured after the defeat against Leeds (2-3) , on Friday, with the ‘wolves’ not specifying, in an official way, the physical condition of the Portuguese player.
For the rest, all the athletes who on Sunday were the holders of participating athletes should only do the recovery work.
The training session is scheduled for 18:00, on the main pitch of Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras, with the first 15 open to social, there will not be minutes scheduled for the press conference.
Portugal starts the ‘play-off’ against Turkey on Thursday, at 19:45, and, if they win, they will play in the final of path C of the ‘play-off’ qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, also at Estádio do Dragão. , in Porto, five days later, on the 29th, against the winner of the clash between Italy and North Macedonia.
Portugal needs to win both matches to reach the finals of the 2022 World Cup, and that won’t happen, it will miss the first big fight in the 21st century, after 11 consecutive appearances, last 2000 — the absence from the 1998 world championship, played in France.
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