The Portugal of Robert Martinezincluding Cristiano Ronaldo and company on the green, will receive tonight (8:45 pm) a Polish uninjured Robert Lewandowski came into the rivalry with no margin for error regarding the challenge of achieving qualification for its playoffs League of Nations. The Portuguese team is in a very different situation, which has everything in its sights and knows that a draw in this rivalry will seal its ticket to the quarterfinals without having to wait for the last day of phase of this group.
Because it has been removed in the past European Cup in the quarterfinals, Portugal He did not lose a single game. He recorded wins against Croatia, Scotland and Polandand also a draw against Scotland to reach this matchday 5 with 10 points and the classification more on track. But that does not mean that a combination of always ambitious Robert Martinez who wants to reach the quarterfinals as the leader of the group in order to have better conditions in the said round, such as playing the second leg at home and facing the team that finished second and did not finish first in its group.
As for Polanddebuted here League of Nations won in Scotland but since then he has not won again and that is why he reached this match of Port (The match was played at Do Dragao) in a more than compromising situation and forced to win because the draw was not worth much.
main problem
As to available troops, if any Poland The most noticeable and sensitive loss is that of Robert Lewandowski, In Portugal the main problem lies in the plot of the field occupied by the players who will face Barcelona’s striker replacements. Robert Martinez is not available Ruben Dias and Gonçalo Ináciothat if they are not hurt will form their central duo, and in their place they will form the emerging one Antonio Silva and Tomas Araujo. For the rest, we wait Cristiano Ronaldo for reference to Rafael Leao and Pedro Neto covering bands.
Possible lineups
Portugal: Diogo Costa; Dalot, António Silva, Tomas Araujo, Nuno Mendes; Bruno Fernandes, Joao Neves, Bernardo Silva; Pedro Neto, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafa Leao.
Poland: bulk; Frankowski, Piatkowski, Bednarek, Kiwior, Zalewski; Szymanski, Moder, Zielinski; Swiderski, Piatek
Referee: Donatas Rumsas (Lithuania)
stadium: Make Dragao
Time: 20.45 (UEFA TV)
Source: La Verdad
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