Called up! National coach selects Sporting B team player | OneFootball

João Muniz, player of Sporting’s B team, Geovany Quenda, and Diogo Travassos have been called up to the Portugal Under-21 National Team. This was Luís Freire’s first call-up as head coach of the national side, targeting the European Championship qualifying matches against Azerbaijan (September 5) and Scotland (September 9).

In addition to this pair of Sporting athletes, André Gomes, Diogo Pinto, João Carvalho, Gabriel Brás, Gonçalo Oliveira, José Sampaio, Leonardo Barroso, Tiago Gabriel, Tiago Parente, Dário Essugo, Diego Rodrigues, Gustavo Sá, Mathias de Amorim, Afonso Amorim, Carlos Forbs, Fábio Baldé, Gustavo Varela, Roger Fernandes, and Vivaldo Semedo were also called up.

Despite a somewhat quiet start to the season, Geovany Quenda earned Luís Freire’s call. The 18-year-old winger from Sporting has been a regular presence on the bench for the Lions, with Rui Borges preferring to start Geny Catamo in the starting eleven. This choice by the Mirandela coach has raised questions among several fans and commentators.

Among the various names with ties to the Alvalade club, Diogo Travassos stands out as the main highlight. With a contract renewed with the Lions until 2030, the right-back was loaned out at the start of this season to Moreirense, in an agreement valid until the end of this campaign.

It wasn’t just in the under-21s that Sporting had players called up to the National Team. In the main squad, selected by Roberto Martínez, the coach called up Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inácio, Francisco Trincão, and Pedro Gonçalves for the matches against Armenia and Hungary, aiming for qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

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