Portugal midfielder Andre Gomes has been ruled out of Tuesday’s opening 2018 World Cup qualifier against Switzerland with a leg injury, the Portuguese football federation (FPF) announced on Friday.
The 23-year-old limped off towards the end of Thursday’s 5-0 rout of Gibraltar after hurting his right leg and will sit out the European champions’ trip to Basle in their first game in Group B. Naijabet
Gomes, who joined Barcelona from Valencia in July, will be replaced in the squad by Porto midfielder Andre Andre,.
Portugal were already without captain Cristiano Ronaldo as the Real Madrid forward continues his recovery from a knee injury sustained in the Euro 2016 final.
