Portugal and Nigeria meet on Thursday, November 17 at 20:45 in a friendly at the Estadio José Alvalade in Lisbon, broadcast live on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 2.
Portugal, which is ranked 9th in the FIFA ranking, has the only test match ahead of its debut at the World Cup. The opponent is Nigeria, a team that was eliminated in the qualifying round of the final tournament by Ghana, with which the Lusitanians will meet, in addition to Uruguay and South Korea, in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Portugal, coached by Fernando Santos since 2014, qualified for the World Cup with excitement: they finished the previous group in 2nd place behind Serbia and played two play-off matches, 3-1 against Turkey and 2-0 against North Macedonia. to play a golf tournament.
In the Nations League, Portugal failed to qualify for the semi-finals after losing their final group game 0-1 to Spain (a), just days after thrashing the Czech Republic 4-0 (d).
The game against Nigeria could be Cristiano Ronaldo’s first since his controversial interview with Piers Morgan and, coincidentally or not, it will be played at the home of his main club Sporting Lisbon.
Nigeria, ranked 32nd by FIFA, were knocked out of the 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs by Ghana after a dramatic double, 0-0 away and 1-1 at home, missing out on the final tournament after conceding a goal on home soil.
The Super Eagles, who were also eliminated early in the African Cup of Nations (0-1 in the final draw with Tunisia), changed their coach, so the former coach was replaced by Portuguese Jose Peseiro, who also played for Rapida Bucharest. Nigerian international Augustine Owen Eguawoen.
Nigeria have lost their last two friendlies, 1-2 against Algeria (d) and 0-2 against Costa Rica (a).
Surprisingly, although the two teams are quite important internationally, Portugal and Nigeria have never met before.
Superbet offers odds of 1.25 on prediction 1: the home team will win the match between Portugal and Nigeria.
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