the inaugural winners of the UEFA Nations League Portugal open up the fourth iteration of this competition by hosting the most recent Runners up Croatia both suffered disappointment at this Summer's European championships with Portugal eliminated in The quarterfinals by France and though Veteran Center back Pepe has called time on his career captain and record goal scorer Cristiano Ronaldo plow on he part of a 25man squad selected by Roberto Martinez who will be looking to guide Portugal beyond the group stage of this competition for the first time since winning it in 201819 the home fans ought to be confident given they've never lost a competitive with two of those wins coming in the UNL including a thumping 4 to1 home Victory it should be noted however that the silico have a split record across the last four matches they hosted in this competition if Portugal were underwhelmed by their performance of the Euros C would have been distraught at failing to win any of their group matches it was widely predicted that such disappointment would spell the end of Luca modri illustrious International career but the Midfield Maestro is part of slat CCO delak Squad as he looks to add to his 178 caps in fact should he feature in both UNL games in September he'll draw level with Sergio Ramos as the joint second highest cap player from a UEFA nation in history Croatia will beaten on penalties by Spain in the final of the 2022 23 un but they've been a mixed bag in this competition down the years that Rings especially true when they don't have home Comforts as after losing their first five away matches in this tournament they've sent one each of the next four so they should be expected to put up a fight on the road here B go and with in fin 2024 group a m one esto d ofis go with the chaos of play of Zas as Portugal now uh respons for leing the Portugal backline and rubben Diaz my fanky here as to obser his three international Striker comes against the K bikes in the 2022 and uh here good game fight to fight with graia Striker and budimir and who has directly computers for to go his last International MK and come of Cristiano Ronaldo of captain of pugal witha and no no no of ofia come on come on Portugal and r