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KOMPAS.com – Portugal and Croatia will meet in working day first UEFA Nations League 2020-2021.
The Portugal vs Croatia match will take place at the Estadio do Drago, Porto, and can be viewed via live broadcast on Sunday (9/6/2020) at 01:45 WIB.
Portugal, as a local team, has the ambition to win this match.
Portugal’s ambition is reflected in the statement by coach Fernando Santos.
“This team is very ambitious, it always wants to win,” said Fernando Santos, quoted from the official website of the Portuguese Football Association.
“We want to win. I think that with a bit of difficulty facing Croatia, we can win,” he said.
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Behind this ambition, there was bad news that happened to one of Portugal’s pillar players, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The local media Public He reported that Ronaldo had to be absent because his right toe was infected.
Launch from Soccer Italy, Ronaldo’s right toe was infected by a bee sting.
This condition makes it doubtful that Ronaldo will appear in the match against Croatia.
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“I highly doubt that he (Ronaldo) is 100 percent fit,” Santos said.
“He had trained well and suddenly on Wednesday (2/9/2020) one of his toes got pinched. It was as if he had been stung by a bee.”
“Now we have to wait. With the infection, I don’t know how long it will take to recover,” Santos added.
Meanwhile, a similar situation also happened to Croatia, who had to lose two key players, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic.
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic did not deny that the absence of Modric and Rakitic was a loss for the team.
Thus, he predicts that the game against Portugal will be difficult.
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“Of course I prefer Modric and Rakitic to appear. They are two of our best players,” Dalic said.
“This game will be difficult. Many players are on vacation and some cannot play yet.”
“However, we still have the same opportunities as Portugal, although it is always difficult when we play abroad and face European champions,” Dalic said.
The emotion of the duel Portugal vs Croatia can be witnessed through live broadcast UEFA Nations League on Mola TV, Sunday (9/6/2020) at 01:45 WIB.
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