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Portugal national team defender Danilo Pereira. (Photo: Instagram.com/@imdanilopereira)

JAKARTA - Portugal defender Danilo Pereira is in danger of not appearing in the remainder of Qatar's 2022 World Cup match. Danilo suffered a rib fracture during a training session with the team, Sunday, November 27.

This news shocked coach A Selecao, Fernando Santos. He admitted that he was still looking for the cause of the Paris Saint-Germain player's injury.

''This is the type of injury, which no one can explain,' said Fernando Santos.

We still don't know how this injury happened. Maybe something normal, players suffered injuries in training sessions. However, we really didn't see what really happened,''" he continued, quoted by the BBC, Monday, November 28.

Pereira is undergoing intensive care with the Portuguese national team's medical team. Santos said the process of recovering from the former Porto midfielder's injury continued to show positive results.

Even so, the 56-year-old coach is still unable to confirm the chances of Pereira to fully recover and continue the rest of the match at the 2022 World Cup.

''If later, he (Danilo Pereira) is forced to miss, we still have three other players who can replace him,' said Santos.

"So, there is no need to worry too much. However, we are saddened by what happened to him. We must respect him not only as a footballer, but more than that, as a human being," he continued.

Portugal itself will undergo the match against Uruguay on the third matchday of Group H of the 2022 World Cup. The match will take place on Tuesday, November 29 at the Lusail Stadium at 02.00 WIB.