FC Porto confirm Rodrigo Mora injury, ruling him out of national team duty

[p]"Substituted at half-time in the second leg of the Europa League round of 16 against Stuttgart (2-0), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mora-rodrigo/rFpsoDia/"]Rodrigo Mora[/a] is dealing with a muscle injury in his left thigh, which prevents him from joining the national team squad," read the statement from the [i]Dragons[/i].[/p][p]Porto returned to training on Friday morning, just hours after their win over Stuttgart on Thursday. The young midfielder left the match at half-time complaining of pain in his thigh and is expected to miss the game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/braga/dpUer7ht/"]SC Braga[/a], while goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diogo-costa/hC31Ab0c/"]Diogo Costa[/a], who was the standout player in the match, finished the game with back pain.[/p][p]"[b]The FC Porto medical report includes the names of Diogo Costa (treatment for lower back pain), Nehuen Perez (restricted training), Rodrigo Mora (treatment for a muscle injury in the left thigh), Luuk de Jong (treatment and gym work), and Samu (treatment and gym work)[/b]," the club's statement continued.[/p][embed guid="725a5138-69fa-4cf0-805b-79901a5f1e6c" url="https://x.com/FCPorto/status/2034975105571319859" social-type="twitter" /][p]A few hours ago, Roberto Martinez announced the squad for the final preparation matches ahead of the 2026 World Cup, with Rodrigo Mora and Diogo Costa among those called up.[/p][p][b]The midfielder will now be unavailable for the Spanish coach, but the goalkeeper is expected to join the training camp on Monday.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]FC Porto[/a] will resume training on Saturday to prepare for the clash with Braga in the 27th round of Liga Portugal.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-world-cup-portugal-boss-martinez-gives-mateus-fernandes-first-call-up-brings-back-horta-and-samu/rVzN1OJN/"]See Portugal's latest squad here.[/a][/h2]