Portugal beat the Premier League and will have its figures for the FIFA date

Fernando Santos, Portugal National Team coach, will be able to count on all his international footballers who play in the Premier for the matches against Azerbaijan, Serbia and Luxembourg in the next break. Several English clubs, including Liverpool and Manchester United, had ensured that if Portugal played at home in their country, they would not give up their Portuguese players to avoid having to do a mandatory ten-day quarantine on their return. 

This quarantine is imposed by the current restriction in the United Kingdom (Portugal, along with several countries in Africa and Latin America are on the red list of the British Government). Therefore, in order to summon fundamental pieces of the team such as Ruben Dias, who plays in Manchester City, Diogo Jota of Liverpool, Bernardo Siva, almost in Pep´s Guardiola team and Bruno Fernandes, the star from Manchester United, the Portuguese federation has decided to take the match of March 26 against Azerbaijan to Turin and thus avoid the restrictions of the Premier clubs.

In addition to Premier League players, Fernando Santos has included several players of the Spain League on his list: Rui Silva and Duarte, from Granada, and Joao Félix, from Atlético. The call-up is led by the incombustible Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe, who despite their seniority continue to be the great leaders in attack and defense, respectively, of the current European champion.

The truth is that the pandemic affects everyone, and it only remains to adapt to this new reality. In fact, in South America, Conmebol decided to cancel the FIFA qualifying date, given the refusal of many European clubs to give up their players, which would lead to unarmed squads for international commitments.