While Portugal shocked the world at EURO 2016, Ian Darke and company feel Cristiano Ronaldo's aging side may not be able to punch above their weight. An "exhausted" Fabio Coentrao has asked to be left out of Portugal's World Cup squad this summer. Coentrao, who is on loan to Sporting from Real Madrid, played in 43 matches over five different competitions this season The 30-year-old left-back wrote in an Instagram post he's informed Portugal boss Fernando Santos he didn't believe he could meet the demands of a World Cup this year. Na semana passada, depois de uma grande ponderação, dei conta ao Selecionador Nacional que, após uma época muito desgastante, sinto não estar nas condições necessárias para representar a Seleção numa prova com a exigência do Campeonato do Mundo. Jamais virarei as costas ao meu PaÃs, e espero poder vir a representar a nossa Seleção mais vezes no futuro. Até lá sou e serei sempre mais um a torcer por fora, até breve. Boa sorte pessoal. <õ<ù A post shared by Fábio Coentrão (@fabio_coentrao) on May 14, 2018 at 8:01am PDT "In the last week, after a lot of thinking, I told the national team coach that, after a very exhausting season,...from ESPN FC News https://ift.tt/2rE9C7s
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