Like a bolt from the blue, the news of the stop comes from Portugal Nuno Tavares. The full-back in his first call-up with the Portuguese seleçao made his national team debut on Friday in Portugal’s 5-1 win against Poland which guaranteed the Portuguese team first place in group A of the Nations League. Tavares played a few minutes towards the end of the match, but in the following days he suffered some small physical problems. The feeling is that it was nothing serious, but Martinez preferred not to bring him to the bench in last night’s match against Croatia which the Portuguese drew 1-1. There is little news coming directly from Portugal on Tavares’ condition, who will be evaluated in the next few hours in Rome where he will return later today. There is talk of a knee problem, muscle soreness at the knee to be precise. In the next few hours, the conditions will be assessed and it will be understood whether the former Arsenal player will be available to Baroni on Sunday at the Olimpico against Bologna.
Lazio, the case of Dia returned and the national teams involved yesterday
For a player who risks entering the infirmary, there is a case that has now returned to Lazio that concerns him Boulaye Dia. The news that arrived last week from Senegal greatly worried the Biancocelesti environment, fortunately the risk of malaria has been averted and the former Salernitana player has already returned to Italy. Regardless of what was an inaccurate diagnosis, Dia has not been well in recent days and for this reason he will already be evaluated today in Formello to understand if he will be able to start working with the team immediately. The objective is to have him available on Sunday against Bologna, also because Castellanos will not be seen again in Rome before Thursday and the Senegalese will also serve to guarantee a substitution for the Argentine in case Dia is unable to play from the first minute. Isaksen’s Denmark defends second place which means the final eight in the Nations League by drawing 0-0 in Serbia, an excellent performance from the Biancoceleste winger who is the most dangerous in the Danish attack. However, Dele-Bashiru’s Nigeria lost 2-1 at home against Rwanda, with 77 minutes on the pitch not excellent for the midfielder.