Jorge Jesus scratches trio from Portugal-Denmark. Forbs takes on 7 of Ronaldo

A UEFA revealed, on Saturday morning, the list of 23 players called by Jorge Jesus for the game of Portugal before Denmark, concerning the 5th Day of the League of Nations. Besides João Cancelo, who is punished, also Gonçalo Inácio, Mateus Fernandes and Gustavo Varela stay out of the game tonight in Braga, but by technical option of the selector. At the same time, Carlos Forbs takes over Cristiano Ronaldo's 7-shirt. 

In reverse, notes for the presence of Alberto Costa and Flavio Nazinho in the defenses called, which opens the door to a possible debut for FC Porto and AS Monaco players, respectively. 

In the midfield there is no great news, keeping the core hard, while in the attack Rodrigo Mora also looks for the premiere in the main selection.

The national selection, refer to, has already ensured access to the final rooms of the League of Nations, competition in which it is the champion in title, needing only one point to confirm the first place of Group A4. The leadership can thus be consummated before Denmark later, just over a month of the victory against the Nordics in Copenhagen, by 4-2. 

Anyway, and in case of defeat in Braga, the team of quinas will have another opportunity to stamp the first place on Tuesday, on the visit to Wales. 

Here is the list of Portuguese convenes for the game against Denmark

Network guard: Diogo Costa, Rui Silva and Samuel Soares

Defences: Diogo Dalot, António Silva, Reuben Dias, Flávio Nazinho, Renato Veiga and Alberto Costa

Medium: João Palhinha, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, João Neves, Vitinha and Reuben Neves

Advanced: Carlos Forbs, Gonçalo Ramos, João Félix, Francisco Trincão, Geovany Quenda, Pedro Neto, Fábio Silva and Rodrigo Mora

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