The Portuguese team held today the second preparation training for the duel with Denmark, with João Cancelo, punished for this match, failing to start the session.
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10/11/2026
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A portuguese team held today the second preparation training for the duel with Denmark, the League of Football Nations, with João Cancelo, punished for this match, failing to start the session.
In the Football City, in Oeiras, the FC Barcelona side did first specific work in the gym and only then went up to the lawn, doing only race, always on the side of the teammates.
Cancelo saw the second yellow in the League of Nations group phase in the last match with Norway (2-1), and therefore is punished and cannot face on Saturday in Braga Denmark, on the fifth day of Group A4.
The remaining 26 players summoned by the selector Jorge Jesus, in the first 15 minutes of training, open to the media, performed the usual warm-up exercises, with the three goalkeepers working separately.
The training was scheduled for 5:00 p.m., but it ended up starting a little early, in order to take advantage of a period when the bad weather that hit the Lisbon area gave some truces.
After the duel with Denmark, Portugal, which has already secured the quarter finals and needs only one point to confirm the first place, visits Cardiff, on 17 November, to measure strength with Wales, at the farewell of Group A4.
The meeting with the Danes at Braga Municipal Stadium is sold out.
These will be the first games since Cristiano Ronaldo officially left the national team, after 23 years, 234 games and 146 goals.
Only with victories in the first four days, Portugal leads the group with 12 points, followed by Denmark, with six, while Wales and Norway add up to three, and the fight for the second qualifying wave is open.