Friendly: Portugal coach, Martinez names player that’ll play full 90 minutes against Nigeria

Portugal’s caput coach, Roberto Martínez has announced that Porto’s goalkeeper, Diogo Costa volition play the full 90 minutes successful their affable lucifer against the Super Eagles on Wednesday evening.

With 42 planetary appearances and having played each infinitesimal during Portugal’s World Cup qualifying matches, Costa is the team’s undisputed first-choice goalkeeper.

Nevertheless, the 26-year-old has not participated successful Portugal’s past 3 fixtures, missing the games against Mexico and the United States owed to an adductor injury, and helium was an unused substitute successful the lucifer against Chile connected Sunday, June 6.

Martínez emphasized that portion Portugal plans to rotate respective players during the affable against the Super Eagles to negociate their workload and measure squad depth, Costa’s presumption successful extremity is assured for the full match.

In a connection reported by A Bola, helium informed journalists, “Our accent is connected the individual, providing playing clip to those who necessitate it. The superior extremity is to hole the players for the formation to Miami for the World Cup. 

“We purpose to win. This is an accidental to enactment connected elements that I judge are akin to those we volition look against Congo. T...