Champions of Europe, Portugal will likely have a mission extremely easy match against Andorra in Group B of the qualifiers for the 2018 World Championship in Russia, which will take place on Friday evening at 21:45 on Estadio Municipal de Aveiro.
Portugal
General excitement created with victory in the European Championship final last summer was slightly tempered with the debut in the group stage, which brought a surprising defeat on the field of Switzerland, 2-0.
National Lusitana Could not based on the contribution that game the most important player in the lot, Cristiano Ronaldo, and now no longer afford other missteps to not complicate the situation in the group.
The midfielder Danilo Pereira experiencing mild medical problems, but was included in the squad for Friday’s match with Andorra, just as his colleague in the midline, Sebastian Adrien Silva.
Probable team: Rui Patricio, Pepe, Jose Fonte, Semedo, Raphael Guerreiro, William Carvalho, Pizzi, Renato Sanches, João Moutinho, Ronaldo, Eder
andorra
National coached by Koldo Alvarez was near an important point in the first match of the preliminaries, when he received at home representativity visit Latvia, a match the hosts lost to the limit, 1-0, after a goal conceded in partial onset seconds.
Sergejs young striker Gints Freimanis Vorobjovs and experienced quarterback will not perform in difficult traveling with Portugal due to the nature muscle injury.
Probable team: Ferran Pol Ildefons Lima, Jordi Rubio, Marc Vales Marc Garcia, Max Llovera, Marcio Vieira, Cristian Martinez, Jordi Alaez Gabi Riera, Ludovic Clemente
direct meetings
Portugal and Andorra have not had the opportunity to face off recently in an official match or training, so that the two parties in the preliminaries for the next tournament will be the first meeting in 15 years.
