Portugal starts preparation for the first four games of the League of Nations – Football
The Portuguese football team begins today, in Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras, the preparation for the first four games of Group 2 of the League of Nations A, which will not yet have Rui Patrício and Diogo Jota.
The Roma goalkeeper, coached by José Mourinho, who on Wednesday was a starter in the victory that won the Transalpines in winning the first edition of the Europa Conference League, so he will appear later in Lisbon.
The Liverpool forward should indeed be the last of the 26 chosen by the Portuguese team, Fernando Santos, to join the entourage, as he does not play in the Champions League final, against Real Madrid.
Moreover, the other 24 called up must be present on the main pitch of Cidade de Futebol, in a training session that will start at 17:00, with the first 15 minutes open to the media, and which will be preceded by a press conference with an athlete at designate, from 16:30.
In Group 2 of League A, Portugal starts by playing Spain, on June 2nd, in Seville, then plays twice in Alvalade, in 05, with Switzerland, and in 09, with the Czech Republic, to, on the 12th. , to act in Geneva, in the second clash with the Swiss.
After these four games, the last two meetings on 24 and the last two meetings on September 24, the first in the Czech Republic and the second in Braga, against the Spanish.
The ‘quinas’ team, winner of the first edition of the League of Nations in 2019, needs to win the group to reach the ‘final four’ of the third edition, the second being won by France, in a final with Spain, in 2021.
The finals of the League of Nations takes place from 14 to 18 June 2022, with the first four groups of League A, with the last of each group going down to League B.