It was Rúben Amorim himself who said, at the press conference after the victory against Marítimo, that the non-inclusion of Matheus Nunes’ name in the squad recently announced by Tite, Brazilian coach, had to do with the player’s personal choice.
The same is to say that the 23-year-old midfielder decided to go to Portugal and is now looking forward to Fernando Santos’ possible call for a double match between the National Team, against Qatar (October 9th) and Luxembourg ( 12/10), both to be played at the Estádio do Algarve, the latter of which is qualifying for next year’s World Cup.
And our newspaper knows that there are even strong chances that Matheus Nunes could be called up for this double commitment, in a decision that Fernando Santos should announce on the next 30th, Thursday, because the selector himself has already made known to Matheus Nunes that , would soon deserve the desired vote of confidence.
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