The Patrick Dorgu wing has been relieved of the Danish team and will miss the last two League of Nations days, including the visit to Portugal, the Danish Football Association (DBU) announced.
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13/11/2026
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O ala Patrick Dorgu has been dismissed from Denmark's team and will miss the last two League of Nations days, including the visit to Portugal on Saturday, announced today the Danish Football Association (DBU).
“ We did a series of tests with Dorgu and he didn't show a performance level enough to be ready to play both games. He needs to recover after the injury,” explained Denmark’s doctor Morten Boesen, in a note published on the body’s social networks.
On Monday, selector Brian Riemer announced the call of Manchester United player, who had been absent from the turf since September due to injury to a thigh, and had failed the original Nordic list, but returned to the competition for the club on Sunday, being used as an alternate in the home draw against Aston Villa (4-4), at the close of the 10th round of the English League.
Dorgu, 22 years old, watched for the third goal of the ‘red devils’ and scored the fourth and last, being decisive already in the time of compensation of the match and helping the team of the Portuguese international Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes to recover for the second time of two goals of disadvantage.
Capable of acting as a left side or extreme, the wing had left with muscle complaints in Denmark's victory at the reception to Wales (2–0), on 27 September, on the second day of the League of Nations Group A4 and is now unavailable for the last commitments of 2026.
Riemer now has 24 footballers for meetings in front of Portugal on Saturday in Braga, and Norway on Tuesday in Copenhagen on the fifth and sixth days of the League of Nations Group A4.
The Portuguese command the ‘poule’ with a total of 12 points, against six of Denmark, second ranked, and three of Wales, third, and Norway, fourth and last, being already cleared for the quarter finals and a tie to ensure first place and the status of heads of series in the draw of the next round.
Portugal will play the first games since the advanced and captain Cristiano Ronaldo announced the farewell of the Portuguese main team, after world records of 234 internationalizations and 146 goals, interspersed by the achievements of Euro2016 and of two Leagues of Nations in 23 years.
The first two places of the four League groups It is accessed to the ‘fourths’ of the latest European selection competition, whose trophy is held by Portugal, a record winner, with two (2019 and 2025).