Ronaldo's Portugal Face Serious Injury Crisis as 2 Important Players Out of World Cup Play-off Against Turkey

• Portugal will be facing Turkey in World Cup play-off and they will be without Ruben Diaz and Pepe
• Pepe is no doubt one of the best defenders in the world and Portugal are expected to miss him in their fight to get World Cup ticket
• Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to lead the attack for Portugal against Turkey and will hope to shine in this game

Portugal have been thrown into serious injury crisis ahead if their World Cup play-off against Turkey as Pepe and Ruben Diaz have both been ruled out of the encounter.

The match which looks like a semifinal will be played on Thursday night, 24 March and winner will then take on either Italy or North Macedonia in the final on March 29 to book a spot at Qatar 2022.

Earlier this month, Ruben Diaz who plays for Manchester City suffered hamstring injury and could be out of action for the next six weeks which is equally a blow for for Pep Guardiola.

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Pepe on the other hand made Portugal's squad, but the experienced defender has contracted COVID-19 and has been excused from facing Turkey.

According to the report on UK Sun, Portugal only called up three centre-backs to their squad in the first place.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Diogo Jota are both expected to lead the attack for Portugal in their coming game against Turkey and will hope they get good result in the encounter.

Having crashed out in the UEFA Champions League with Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo will want to go for another World Cup which could be his last.

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Current interim Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has been unable to change the situation at Manchester United this season as the Red Devils have crashed out in the Champions League.

Rangnick was appointed following the sacking of Ole Solskjaer who was also not getting good result again for Manchester United before he was dismissed.

Recently, Diego Simeone steered his wards to a win over Manchester United at Old Trafford as the Red Devils crashed out of the Champions League.

Gary Neville who excelled at Manchester United is of the view that the Red Devils need a tough manager like Diego Simeone.