Portugal train in Mexico, but Sporting worry, starter limited | OneFootball

In Portugal’s first training session on Mexican soil, held on Wednesday night, Roberto Martínez was without João Neves, who stayed in the gym doing specific recovery work, but he was not the only one. Pedro Gonçalves, Sporting’s player, took to the pitch but carried out limited training, apart from the rest of the group.

The National Team will remain in a training camp in Cancún until Friday, on the eve of the match against Mexico, scheduled for Saturday (02:00 on Sunday in Lisbon), at the reopening of the Azteca Stadium, in Mexico City.

At the 2026 World Cup, which will take place between June 11 and July 19 in the United States, Canada and Mexico, Portugal are in Group K, alongside Uzbekistan, Colombia and an opponent yet to be decided, coming from the intercontinental play-off between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jamaica and New Caledonia.

At the end of the match, the player assured that it was only a thigh cramp, but the national team is taking extra precautions.

This season, playing for Sporting, Pedro Gonçalves - valued at 28 million euros - has made 29 appearances. In the 2,096 minutes he has played, the footballer, who is protected by an 80 million euro release clause until 2030, has already scored 14 goals and provided seven assists for his teammates.

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