Forward Vitinha, from Sporting de Braga, was removed this Wednesday from the work of the Portuguese under-21 soccer team due to injury, reported the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
“Forward Vitinha (SC Braga) was fired this Wednesday from the job of the U-21 National Team, due to complaints of lumbar pain presented since the beginning of the internship,” says the FPF.
In the same note, the federative body adds that, after evaluating the evolution of the physical problem in the last two days, the FPF clinicians considered the footballer “unfit for the preparation match against Georgia, next Saturday, in Covilhã “.
Portugal will face Georgia in a friendly match that will be played on Saturday at the Santos Pinto Stadium (5:00 p.m.), in Covilhã, and the proceeds from the tickets will go to the Guardians of the Serra da Estrela, with the aim of mitigate the damage caused by the fires in August.
Source: TSF
