Joao Mario hasn’t performed for Portugal since October, 2019.© AFP
Portugal’s Euro 2016 winner Joao Mario was included by coach Fernando Santos on Thursday within the squad for subsequent month’s fixtures which embrace two World Cup qualifiers. The Benfica midfielder, 28, received the final of his 45 caps in October 2019 alongside Leicester left-back Ricardo Pereira, who performed his most up-to-date worldwide in November of the identical 12 months. Lille midfielder Renatos Sanches and Atletico Madrid attacker Joao Felix miss out with accidents. Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo, who can break Ali Daei’s worldwide scoring report of 109 with one objective, can be named by Santos for Portugal qualifiers in opposition to Eire on September 1 and Azerbaijan on September 7 performed both facet of a pleasant with 2022 World Cup hosts’ Qatar on September 4.
Portugal squad
Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio (Wolverhampton/ENG), Anthony Lopes (Lyon/FRA), Diogo Costa (Porto)
Defenders:Joao Cancelo (Manchester Metropolis/ENG), Ricardo Pereira (Leicester Metropolis/ENG), Goncalo Inacio (Sporting Lisbon), Ruben Dias (Manchester Metropolis/ENG), Pepe (Porto), Nuno Mendes (Sporting Lisbon), Domingos Duarte (Granada/ESP) Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund/GER)
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Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Joao Palhinha (Sporting Lisbon), Ruben Neves (Wolves/ENG), Joao Moutinho (Wolves/ENG), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/ENG), Otavio (Porto), Joao Mario (Benfica)
Forwards: Bernardo Silva (Manchester Metropolis/ENG) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/ITA), Diogo Jota (Liverpool/ENG), Rafa Silva (Benfica), Andra Silva (RB Leipzig/GER), Pedro Goncalves (Sporting Lisbon).
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