Defender Toti Gomes and midfielder Renato Sanches were omitted from the scoresheet sent to UEFA and will miss this Saturday night (7.45pm) Estádio da Luz, Portugal’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The two players were excluded by coach Roberto Martínez from the list of 23 players who complete the options he will be able to use in the meeting.
Wolverhampton centre-back Toti Gomes is an absolute debut in corner kicking, while Paris Saint-Germain’s Renato Sanches is a comeback.
Initially, the Spanish coach called up 26 football players for the June training camp, which also includes a duel with Iceland (Tuesday), also from the qualifying phase for the next European Championship, but the group was reduced to 25 due to the dismissal of Gonçalo Ramos. injury.
The return of goalkeeper Diogo Costa is certain for the Bosnian match, after Roberto Martínez announced on Friday that FC Porto’s goalkeeper is the ‘nº 1’ of the national team.
The meeting is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. and will be chaired by Italian Davide Massa.
Portugal leads Group J with six points, followed by Slovakia, which has four, and Bosnia and Iceland, both with three. Luxembourg, with only one point, and Liechtenstein, with no points, occupy penultimate and last place respectively.
Only the top two in the group will qualify for the Euro2024 final round, which will take place in Germany.
Source: DN
