the images of the departure of the Selection to Qatar
The dozens of passengers went to the airport wishing the Portuguese football team a good trip and a long stay in Qatar, where the 2022 World Cup will be played, starting on Sunday.
It was at 11:30 am that the bus presented the colors of the Portuguese flag and which led the team’s entourage from the corners arrived at the departures area of Humberto Delgado airport, in Lisbon, where some Portuguese and curious people were already waiting for them.
As the players got off the bus, requests for autographs and photographs piled up, but the “apogee” came when Cristiano Ronaldo got out of the car, who ran to request assistance at the entrance door at the airport.
The Portuguese captain has been, in recent months, involved in several controversies at Manchester United, which intensified with an interview given to the English journalist Piers Morgan, broadcast this week, where he criticized the club and the coach.
Players João Félix, Bernardo Silva and William Carvalho also signed autographs and took pictures with the crowd.
The presence of two elements of Amnesty International Portugal also stands out, following the denunciations of thousands of deaths in work at the tournament and the appeal to the privileged rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, which are the target of persecution in Qatar.
Earlier, the Portuguese delegation had left Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras, to the applause of dozens of children, who received autographs from some of the players called up for the 2022 Mundial and from the coach, Fernando Santos, who even had the opportunity to take pictures. with some young guests from the “quinas” team.
Portugal’s debut in Group H is scheduled for November 24, against Ghana, before facing Uruguay, on November 28, and Paulo Bento’s South Korea, on December 2.
The 22nd edition of the World Championship kicks off on Sunday, with the duel between hosts Qatar and Ecuador, for Group A, and ends on December 18th.