Cristiano Ronaldo was one of those absent from training today for the Portuguese soccer team, which began preparations for the World Cup quarterfinal match with Morocco on Saturday.
A few hours after the passage to the next phase was guaranteed, with a win against Switzerland (6-1), only the substitutes in the game with the Swiss went up to the grass of the Al-Shahaniya training center.
The only exception was the Portuguese captain, who limited himself to recovery work in the gym along with the previous day’s starters, who was used as a substitute in the round of 16 match, having entered during the second half.
Danilo Pereira and Nuno Mendes were the other absentees, as they continue to be treated for their respective injuries.
In this way, coach Fernando Santos had 12 players in training, and in the first 15 minutes open to journalists, they all trained without limitations, with the 10 field athletes performing ball circulation exercises on a reduced field, while Rui Patrício worked and José Sá in one of the goals with the goalkeeping coach Fernando Justino.
On Tuesday, Portugal secured qualification for the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup, beating Switzerland 6-1, with three goals from Gonçalo Ramos, one from Pepe, one from Raphaël Guerreiro and another from Rafael Leão, while Akanji reduced the helvetians .
In the ‘quarters’, the ‘quinas’ team will face Morocco, which eliminated Spain, in a match scheduled for Saturday, starting at 6:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. in Lisbon), at the Estadio Al -Thumama, in Doha.
Source: TSF
