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Cristiano Ronaldo wants to shine again, this is Portugal's XI to face Bosnia

Roberto Martinez's team has already qualified for Euro 2024.

By Darwin Largo

Roberto Martinez's team has already qualified for Euro 2024.

The Portugal National Team achieved their goal: they won comfortably the group J of the qualifiers for Euro 2024 and got their place in the most important international tournament of the continent, which will be played next summer in Germany. In the 7 matches they played so far, they proved to be better than Slovakia, Luxembourg, Bosnia, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Therefore, with 21 points, 27 goals scored and only 2 goals conceded, they are no longer under pressure and will be able to play their last three games relaxed.

 

The situation is different for Bosnia. At the moment they are in fourth place in the standings with 9 points. Above them are Luxembourg, with 11 points, and Slovakia, with 13 points and for now in the qualification zone. In the November international break they will face precisely those two teams, so they will have the chance to reduce that difference. But for that, they will first have to get a victory against Portugal on Monday.

After last Friday's victory against Slovakia, coach Roberto Martinez decided to repeat most of the XI, so many of the squad's stars will be on the field. Among them Cristiano Ronaldo.

Portugal's starting lineup will be: Diogo Costa; Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Goncalo Inacio, Diogo Dalot; Bruno Fernandes, Danilo Pereira, Otavinho; Joao Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Leao. In addition, the substitutes will be Jose Sa, Rui Patricio, Nelson Semedo, Albuquerque Tavares Silva, Ruben Neves, Vitor Machado, Joao Palinha, Bernardo Silva, Joao Neves, Diogo Jota, Pedro Neto and Goncalo Ramos.

 

They cannot fail

If they want to reach the international break in November with hopes of qualifying for Euro 2024, Bosnia must beat Portugal this Monday at Bilono Polje Stadium, in Zenica. For this match, coach Savo Milosevic chose this starting lineup: Ibrahim Sehic; Amar Dedic, Adrian Leon Barisic, Dennis Hadzikadunic, Sead Kolasinac; Miralem Pjanic, Gojko Cimirot, Miroslav Stevanovic, Amar Rahmanovic, Ermedin Demirovic, Edin Dzeko.

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