Sport24.az
The Portugal U-21 national team's squad has been announced for the away match against Azerbaijan in the 8th round of Group B of the EURO-2027 qualifying stage. Sport24.az reports that head coach Luis Freire has called up 23 players to the team:
Goalkeepers: Andre Gomes ("Alverca"), Goncalo Ribeiro ("Porto"), Joao Carvalho ("Braga")
Defenders: Daniel Banjai, Rodrigo Rego (both "Benfica"), Diogo Monteiro ("Arouca"), Gabriel Bras ("Porto"), Joao Muniz ("Sporting"), Leonardo Barroso ("Chicago Fire", USA), Tiago Gabriel ("Lecce", Italy), Tiago Parente ("Felgueiras")
Midfielders: Diego Rodrigues ("Braga"), Diogo Sousa ("Vitoria"), Goncalo Moreira ("Benfica"), Gustavo Sa, Matias de Amorim (both "Famalicao"), Joao Simoes ("Sporting")
Forwards: Carlos Forbes ("Brugge", Belgium), Mateus Mane ("Wolverhampton", England), Noah Saviolo ("Vitoria"), Rodrigo Ribeiro ("Augsburg", Germany), Roger Fernandes ("Al-Ittihad", Saudi Arabia), Youssef Chermiti ("Rangers", Portugal)
It should be noted that the Azerbaijan-Portugal match will be held on March 27 in Baku, at the "Palms Sports Arena", and the meeting will start at 15:00.
