Of the 14 goals Portugal has already scored in this qualifying stage, the most notable goes to Goncalo Ramos, who has already scored 5 goals. The remaining nine are Fabio Vieira (3), Fabio Silva (2), Nuno Tavares, André Almeida, Thiago Thomas and Francisco Conceicao.
Cyprus, in turn, will go to the fifth match, and in the four confrontations that have already taken place, the Cypriots knew the three possible outcomes: 0-0 against Greece (away), 6-0 against Liechtenstein (away), 6-0 against Liechtenstein (at home). ) and 0-1 against Portugal (at home). Goals scored, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, 7 points win, with 12 goals scored and only 1 goal conceded. Against Portugal, specifically, last Friday, in Larnaca.
This will be Portugal’s fifth match in this Group D qualifying match for the UEFA European Championship 2023, which will be played in Romania and Georgia. So far, Rui Jorge’s men (who will not be off the bench for tonight’s match, as he tested positive for Covid-19) have won all duels in this qualifying phase: 1-0 against Belarus (home), 11-0 to Liechtenstein. (at home), 1-0 for Iceland (away) and 1-0 for Cyprus (away). Four matches, four wins, 14 goals scored and no nets conceded.
Portugal: Celton Biye Joao Mario, Eduardo Quaresma, Gonzalo Inacio, Nuno Tavares, Afonso Souza, Thiago Dantas, Vitina (centre), Fabio Vieira, Fabio Silva and Gonzalo Ramos.
Alternatives: Gonzalo Tabuasso, Alexandre Pinetra, Thomas Handel, Henrique Araujo, Thiago Araujo, Gonzalo Borges, Thomas Tavares, Vitor Oliveira and Francisco Conceicao.
Fitness Trainer: Roy Jorge
Cyprus: Stefanos Kitos Konstantinos Sergio, Andreas Karamanolis, Christos Chillis, Nicolaus Panagio, Thomas Nicolau, Andreas Chrysostomo, Michaelis Ioannou (centre), Ioannis Costi, Giannis Jirolimo and Andreas Katsantonis.
Alternatives: Kyriakou, Paroutis, Charalampous, Ilia, Avraam, Pikis, Eftychides, and Michail e Michael.
Fitness Trainer: Ioannis Okas
Rule: Christopher Karlsson (Sweden)
Auxiliaries: Niklas Nyberg and Markus Lundgren Kletti
Fourth ruling: Frederick Kletti
There really is a difference!
The under-21 team faces again today (20:15 hours) Cyprus, the opponent they won on Friday 1-0, in Larnaca, with a goal by Gonzalo Ramos (15). Here you can follow the action of the match, in the stadium of São Luis, in Faro, as the team looks from the corner for its fifth victory in the most number of matches in Group D in the European qualifiers in this category, in 2023.
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