The portuguese captain took part in ball exercises for the first quarter of an hour of the preparatory session, open to the media, at the training ground of the 2016 European champion, some 30 km east of the Qatari capital, in middle of a desert area.
Portugal arrived in the early hours of this Saturday at Dohaless than 48 hours after the match against Nigeria played in Lisbon.
ronaldo He did not appear before the press, but his compatriot did Bernardo Silva. “The news that comes from England has nothing to do with the selection, nothing to do with me, so I’m not going to comment on it,” said the midfielder. Manchester City when asked about the interview ronaldo to an English channel.
“I am not a player Manchester Utd and even if it were, it wouldn’t respond. It is a rival club, we are in the national team, focused on our matches,” he insisted, visibly annoyed by the numerous questions that referred to his teammate.
“I see him motivated, focused on the national team, like all of us”Bernardo Silva had to answer again, who refused to answer the journalists in English.
“We come with many ambitions, with confidence. We know that it is a short, unpredictable competition, but we are ready to represent Portugal in the best possible way”, he answered before joining the training session, in which six of the starting players were missing against Nigeria, for whom the coaching staff scheduled a “recovery” session.
Portugal, coached by the experienced Fernando Santos (68 years old), will debut next Thursday against Ghana in a World Cup group H in which they will also have to face Uruguay (November 28) and South Korea (December 2).
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