Due to numerous forfeits, Fernando Santos has called up three reinforcements for the international matches.
Last Thursday, Fernando Santos unveiled a list of 24 players to face Qatar on October 9 in Faro / Loulé in a friendly, then Luxembourg on October 12 as part of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
For these two meetings, Portugal will be deprived of many players who have just withdrawn: they are Rafa Silva (striker of Benfica Lisbon) and Domingos Duarte (defender of Granada) who are injured.
In order to compensate for these packages, Fernando Santos, the Portuguese coach, called on three players: LOSC defender José Fonte and two attackers: Rafael Leão (AC Milan) and Franscisco Trincão (currently on loan to Wolverhampton by FC Barcelona ).
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Currently at the top of group A with two points ahead of Serbia, Portugal is off to a good start in these qualifiers After the match against Luxembourg, Portugal will have two more matches to play to validate their ticket for the World Cup in Qatar: against the ‘Azerbaijan (November 11 in Baku) and Serbia (November 14 in Lisbon).
Fernando Santos’ new list
Guardians : Anthony Lopes, Diogo Costa, Rui Patrício.
Defenders : Diogo Dalot, João Cancelo, Rúben Dias, José Fonte, Nuno Mendes, Raphael Guerreiro, Pepe.
