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Soccer player Bruno Fernandes will wear Portugal’s number 8 shirt during the 2022 World Cup, inheriting the number worn by the absent João Moutinho in the last five major international competitions, according to the list released on Tuesday by FIFA.
In the absence of the experienced Wolverhampton midfielder, who had been successively wearing number 8 since Euro 2012, the Manchester United player, who will play in the second World CupHe will have on his back the number that he has used the most throughout his careerexception made in the national team, in which it was divided between 16, in Russia 2018, and 11, in Euro 2020.
Otherwise, Of the 15 resistant players in the Eurocup played last year, 10 have kept their number: Rui Patrício (1), Pepe (3), Rúben Dias (4), Raphaël Guerreiro (5), Cristiano Ronaldo (7), André Silva (9), Bernardo Silva (10), Danilo Pereira (13), William Carvalho ( 14), Ruben Neves (18).
João Cancelo, who ended up missing the continental competition due to the coronavirus infection, keeps the 20 that he had been assigned at the time, before being replaced by Diogo Dalot, who now kept the 2 that belonged to Nélson Semedo.
In addition to Bruno Fernandes, Nuno Mendes, Palhinha and João Félix also changed their number. The Paris Saint-Germain winger will wear the 19 that belonged to Pedro Gonçalves, the Fulham midfielder will take the 6 from José Fonte and the Atlético Madrid striker inherits the 11 from Bruno Fernandes.
Among the novelties in the chosen list, goalkeeper José Sá inherited the 12 from Anthony Lopes, Rafael Leão the 15 from Rafa, Vitinha the 16 from Renato Sanches -his teammate at Paris Saint-Germain-, João Mário the 17 from Gonçalo Guedes, Ricardo Horta on 21 by Diogo Jota, Diogo Costa on 22 by Rui Silva, Matheus Nunes on 23 by João Félix, António Silva on 24 by Sérgio Oliveira, Otávio on 25 by Nuno Mendes and Gonçalo Ramos on 26 by Palhinha.
The new numbers will debut in the friendly against Nigeria, on Thursday, at 18:45, at the Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon.
Portugal is part of group H of the World Cup, with its debut scheduled for November 24, against Ghana, before facing Uruguay, on November 28, and Paulo Bento’s South Korea, on December 2.
The 22nd edition of the World Cup starts on Sunday, with the duel between the host Qatar and Ecuador, for group A, and ends on December 18.
Source: Observadora
