The injured goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (Lyon) will miss the play-off matches of the 2022 World Cup of the Portugal national team, adding himself to the team's casualty list before hosting Turkey on Thursday in Porto, announced the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
Lopes was “considered unfit” and later replaced by Wolverhampton goalkeeper Jose Sa, FPF said, without further details, in a statement.
This is the third last-minute casualty at Seleçao, after veteran defender Pepe (positive for covid-19) and Ruben Neves, injured this weekend with Wolverhampton.
“We should not give too much importance to those who are not (...) We have confidence in all those who have been summoned to replace them,” Liverpool attacker Diogo Jota said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Pepe attended Monday's meeting near Lisbon, but was left in isolation for an unspecified time. Lille's central defender Tiago Djalo was called as reinforcement, when he initially planned to join the U-21 squad.
Vitinha, who is shining this course with Porto, was called up on Monday after Ruben Neves left.
In addition to these last-minute setbacks, there are other casualties that Fernando Santos had to face when drawing up his list, such as those of Ruben Dias (Manchester City), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton) or Renato Sanches (Lille).
If Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates from Portugal beat Turkey in the semifinal of their repechage, they would face, again in Porto, Italy or North Macedonia in the final, with a ticket at stake for Qar-2022.
Since the Eurocopa-2000, Portugal has attended all the major international events. The last one to be missed was the France-1998 World Cup.
tsc/lf/mdm/dr
Últimas Noticias
Debanhi Escobar: they secured the motel where she was found lifeless in a cistern
Members of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office in Nuevo León secured the Nueva Castilla Motel as part of the investigations into the case
The oldest person in the world died at the age of 119
Kane Tanaka lived in Japan. She was born six months earlier than George Orwell, the same year that the Wright brothers first flew, and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Macabre find in CDMX: they left a body bagged and tied in a taxi
The body was left in the back seats of the car. It was covered with black bags and tied with industrial tape
The eagles of America will face Manchester City in a duel of legends. Here are the details
The top Mexican football champion will play a match with Pep Guardiola's squad in the Lone Star Cup
Why is it good to bring dogs out to know the world when they are puppies
A so-called protection against the spread of diseases threatens the integral development of dogs
