Nigeria plays Portugal in international World Cup friendly: All to know
Key takeaways
- All the news on the teams, lineups and start time as Portugal complete their World Cup preparations against Nigeria.
- Portugal will wrap up their World Cup 2026 preparations with a friendly against Nigeria on Wednesday evening, before flying out to North America and settling into their base camp in Florida in the United States.
- Roberto Martinez’s side are one of the favourites to win the World Cup and have a football squad packed full of talent, including star names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva.
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All the news on the teams, lineups and start time as Portugal complete their World Cup preparations against Nigeria.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way during training ahead of the football match with Nigeria [Pedro Nunes/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026Who: Portugal vs Nigeria What: World Cup 2026 warm-up Where: Estadio Dr Magalhaes Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal When: Wednesday, June 9 at 8:45pm (21:45 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 18:45 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.
Portugal will wrap up their World Cup 2026 preparations with a friendly against Nigeria on Wednesday evening, before flying out to North America and settling into their base camp in Florida in the United States.