European football continues despite the attention given to the final of the world Cup🇧🇷 This Friday, Porto face Vizela, for the League Cup, from 5:30 p.m. (Brasilia time). The match is valid for the 3rd round of the group stage and will take place at the Estádio do Dragão.

The Portuguese team was eliminated from the Qatar World Cup in the quarter-finals and the players who play in Porto have already returned to the club’s activities. From then on, the Dragons will be able to count on Otávio and Diogo Costa against Vizela, but Pepe will not be available. Iranian Mehdi Taremi and Canadian Stephen Eustáquio are also back.

In the final round of the League Cup, Porto beat Chaves away 2-0, thanks to two goals from Englishman Danny Damasco. Victory secured the club led by Sérgio Conceição as leaders of Group A, with four points.

“The League Cup matters and we want to win it. I guarantee you that we will be competitive in all the competitions in which we will be present. And we are in all of them. For us, it is important,” said the coach at a press conference. this Thursday.

Discover the probable composition of Porto x Vizela:

PORT: Diogo Costa; João Mario, Fabio Cardoso, Ivan Marcano, Wendell; Pepê, Matheus Uribe, Otavio, Wenderson Galeno; Mehdi Taremi and Danny Damasco.

VIZELA: Fabijan Buntic; Igor Julião, Bruno Wilson, Anderson Santos, Kiki Afonso; Raphaël Guzzo, Claudemir and Samu Silva; Alex Méndez, Nuno Moreira and Milutin Osmaji?.

Other matches in the Portuguese League Cup round

3:30 p.m. – Ferense X Leixoes

15:30 – Santa Clara vs. Arouca

17:30 – Chaves x Mafra