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Portugal will face Spain, in a private match, and France and Sweden, for the League of Nations, this October.
Coach Fernando Santos announced on Thursday the list of Portugal’s players for the three games that the European champions will play in October.
In relation to the games with Croatia (4-1) and Sweden (2-0), in September, Portuguese coach Fernando Santos brought back defender Rúben Semedo (Olympiacos), midfielder William Carvalho (Betis) and forwards Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton) and Rafa Silva (Benfica).
Outside the game were left out the defender Domingos Duarte (Granada), the midfielder André Gomes (Everton) and the forward Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia).
Check the list:
Goalkeepers: Rui Patrício, Anthony Lopes and Rui Silva;
Defenders: João Cancelo, Nélson Semedo, Pepe, Rúben Dias, José Fonte, Rúben Semedo, Raphael Guerreiro and Mário Rui;
Midfielders: Danilo, William, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Renato Sanches, Sérgio Oliveira, Bruno Fernandes;
Forwards: Podence, Rafa Silva, Bernardo Silva, Trincão, Cristiano Ronaldo, João Félix, Diogo Jota and André Silva.
On October 7, Portugal will face Spain in a private match that will take place at the José Alvalade Stadium, in Lisbon, followed by two games counting for Group 3 of the Nations League. Four days later, the team, which won the first edition of the competition, returns for the first time to the Stade de France since winning Euro’2016 to face France and, on October 14, they play again in Alvalade against Sweden. .
Portugal leads Group 3 of League A of the Nations League with six points, equal to France, although it has an advantage in the number of goals scored. Sweden and Croatia remain at zero.
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