The average João Palhinha trained today integrated and without limitations in the Portuguese team, which faces on Saturday Denmark, in meeting the fifth day of the A4 Group of the League of Nations football.
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13/11/2026
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O joão Palhinha trained today integrated and without limitations in the Portuguese selection, which faces on Saturday Denmark, in meeting the fifth day of the A4 Group of the League of Nations football.
In Football City, in Oeiras, in the last session before the duel with the Danes, Palhinha was at the orders of the selector Jorge Jesus, after failing Thursday's training due to a flu syndrome.
Before the match in Braga, Jesus thus counted on all 27 players summoned, although the side João Cancelo is right low due to punishment.
In the 15 minutes of the training that was opened to the media, the team of ‘quinas’ performed warm-up exercises with and without ball, with the three goalkeepers working it apart at this stage.
The Portuguese entourage travels to Minho during the afternoon and, already at the Braga Municipal Stadium, at 19:45, Jesus and a player still to be appointed will make the preview of Portugal-Denmark, in press conference.
The meeting is scheduled for 19:45 Saturday and will have as referee the Slovenian Rade Obrenovic.
With the final rooms secured, the national selection only needs one point to ensure the first place of group A4 and the serial head status in the final rooms.
After this duel, Portugal visits Cardiff on Tuesday to measure forces with Wales at the farewell of the group.
These will be the first games since Cristiano Ronaldo officially left the national team, after 23 years, 234 games and 146 goals.
That is why, according to the sports press, which cites the source of the Portuguese Football Federation, all Portuguese players will enter the field with the emblematic shirt ‘7’ of the former captain and, during the match, will also be made a tribute during the seventh minute.
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.

