{"id":640011,"date":"2024-05-21T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640011"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:09:56","slug":"liverpool-jota-euro-2024-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/21\/liverpool-jota-euro-2024-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Star Makes Euro 2024 Squad Despite Injury Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool forward Diogo Jota is included in Portugal\u2019s 26-man squad for this summer&#8217;s European Championships. The 27-year-old will travel to Germany on the back of an injury-ridden campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>Diogo Jota Secures Portugal Spot Ahead of Euro 2024<\/h2>\n<h3>A Tough Season<\/h3>\n<p>Jota scored four goals in Liverpool\u2019s first 13 games of the 2023\/24 season before suffering a muscle injury in December. He made an impressive return later that month, directly contributing to eight goals in seven matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/23\/top-five-euro-2024-kits\/\" target=\"_self\">Top Five Euro 2024 Kits Including \u2018Remarkable\u2019 Throwback Shirt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, another injury kept Jota out again, this time for two months. The former Wolves star finally made his comeback in April, hoping he could help the Reds in the title run-in, but he suffered another knock that kept him out of action until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to his injury problems in an interview with Shaun Murphy, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LsVcqtfwfU4\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: \u201cI had a knee injury at the beginning of the year, and now I came back but got injured again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so frustrating, especially when you feel like the team needs you. We were fighting for a lot of titles and you can\u2019t play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/20\/england-harry-kane-injury-euro-2024\/\" target=\"_self\">England Handed Worrying Harry Kane Update Ahead Of Euro 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jota made his return to Liverpool\u2019s matchday squad in the final game of the term, where the Reds defeated his former side 2-0. He must now prepare to play for Portugal in their bid to win the European Championship in Germany.<\/p>\n<h3>Portugal Announce Euro 2024 Squad<\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday, Roberto Martinez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/selecaoportugal\/status\/1792888870171746757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> his 26-man squad for the upcoming Euro 2024 tournament. As expected, Cristiano Ronaldo maintains his place in the national team, hoping to claim the continental trophy for the second time in his career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/20\/who-is-joao-neves\/\" target=\"_self\">Joao Neves: Portugal\u2019s Next Midfield General In The Making<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martinez has also named Jota among the selected forwards despite his stop-start campaign. The Liverpool star will compete against Rafael Leao and Joao Felix for a place in Portugal\u2019s starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers<\/strong>: Diogo Costa, S\u00e1, Patr\u00edcio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong>: Ant\u00f3nio Silva, Danilo Pereira, Dalot, In\u00e1cio, Cancelo, N\u00e9lson Semedo, Nuno Mendes, Pepe, R\u00faben Dias.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong>: Bruno Fernandes, Jo\u00e3o Neves, Palhinha, Ot\u00e1vio, R\u00faben Neves, Vitinha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards<\/strong>: Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota, Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, Gon\u00e7alo Ramos, Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix, Pedro Neto, Le\u00e3o.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool forward Diogo Jota is included in Portugal\u2019s 26-man squad for this summer&#8217;s European Championships. The 27-year-old will travel to Germany on the back of an injury-ridden campaign. Diogo Jota Secures Portugal Spot Ahead of Euro 2024 A Tough Season Jota scored four goals in Liverpool\u2019s first 13 games of the 2023\/24 season before suffering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":629287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,1830,16,30,3],"tags":[1556,31848],"class_list":["post-640011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-football","category-injuries","category-liverpool","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-diogo-jota","tag-uefa-euro-2024"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}