{"id":11231,"date":"2025-08-30T02:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soccernoticias.com\/blog\/?p=11231"},"modified":"2025-09-22T22:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:37:00","slug":"11231-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soccernoticias.com\/blog\/11231-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Neves Inherits Jota’s No. 21 jersey, Portugal Announce Squad Selections for Armenia & Hungary WCQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portugal National Team Manager Roberto Martinez on Friday announced his squad selections for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in September.<\/p>\n

Portugal will play Armenia on Saturday, September 6, in Yerevan, before traveling to Budapest to face Hungary on Tuesday, September 9.<\/p>\n

Martinez said they will be \u201ccarrying the spirit of Diogo Jota in our hearts\u201d during their fall six-match qualifying campaign.<\/p>\n

Diogo Jota’s No. 21 jersey with\u00a0Portugal\u00a0will be inherited by the late forward’s longtime friend and teammate\u00a0R\u00faben Neves, Martinez said on Friday.<\/p>\n

“This is the first working camp without Diogo Jota,” Martinez said. “We know what Diogo meant to each of us, the impact he had on our lives. We want to honor his memory every day.”<\/p>\n

Neves, one of Jota’s closest friends after years spent together in Portugal national teams and with club sides FC Porto and Wolves, was a\u00a0pallbearer at Jota’s funeral.<\/p>\n

Jota’s last appearance for Portugal came in the team’s victory over Spain in the Nations League final in June.<\/p>\n

SQUAD:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Diogo Costa (FC Porto), Rui Silva (Sporting CP), Jose\u0301 Sa\u0301 (Wolves)<\/p>\n

Defenders:<\/strong> Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Joa\u0303o Cancelo (Al Hilal), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Gonc\u0327alo Ina\u0301cio (Sporting CP), Ru\u0301ben Dias (Manchester City), Anto\u0301nio Silva (Benfica), Renato Veiga (Villarreal)<\/p>\n

Midfielders<\/strong>: Joa\u0303o Palhinha (Tottenham), Ru\u0301ben Neves (Al Hilal), Joa\u0303o Neves (PSG), Vitinha (PSG), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Pedro Gonc\u0327alves (Sporting CP), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)<\/p>\n

Forwards:<\/strong> Joa\u0303o Fe\u0301lix (Al Nassr), Francisco Trinca\u0303o (Sporting CP), Chico Conceic\u0327a\u0303o (Juventus), Pedro Neto (Chelsea), Gonc\u0327alo Ramos (PSG), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portugal National Team Manager Roberto Martinez on Friday announced his squad selections for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in September. 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