Lisboa, 21 Mar Cristiano Ronaldo and João Félix are already concentrated this Monday in the City of Football in Lisbon with the role of leaders of a Portuguese team that is looking for the ticket that will allow them to play in November the World Cup in Qatar. Pepe, positive for COVID-19, was last minute out of Portugal's roster, which will play its first match of the playoff next Thursday against Turkey and will have the fans of “las quinas”, since the single-match tie will be played at the Estadio do Dragão in Porto. During the afternoon of this Monday, the stars of the Portuguese national team were arriving at the Ciudad del Fútbol and completed their first training session. The big absence was that of veteran central central Pepe, who tested positive for COVID-19 this Monday and has been replaced by Lille defender Tiago Djaló. Along with Ronaldo and João Félix, striker Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), midfielder Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) and winger Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) also arrived in Lisbon After the skid in the qualifying phase, all these players will be in the spotlight, since Portugal, by ranking, should not miss the next World Cup event. Once again, the team of Fernando Santos will be entrusted to Cristiano's scoring ability. The Madeira striker has one of the few incentives in the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, since in the Premier his team, Manchester United, is 20 points behind the leader (City) and Atlético de Madrid eliminated him in the second round of the Champions League last week. The Turkish national team is already concentrated in the Portuguese city of Gondomar, very close to Porto. Among his most important players, Getafe striker Enes Unal, second top scorer in the Spanish league with 14 goals, tied with Vinicius (Real Madrid). Veteran Lille striker Burak Yilmaz or Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu are some of the heavyweights of the Turkish team. Whoever wins will play the final of this playoff on March 29 in Porto against the winner of the other semifinal that will be played by Italy and North Macedonia. CHIEF cgg/ism (photo)
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