The national team will be able to play on Saturday with a team with several changes. This is Rui Santos' bet: see what could be the starting lineup

The match starts at 5 p.m., and the 11th match will be announced shortly before that. But after the initial match against the Czechs, the team that will face Türkiye on Saturday may make several changes.

This is Rui Santos' recommendation – or perhaps his prediction – to CNN Portugal.

“I know that consensus on these matters is almost impossible, especially since Roberto Martinez’s lineup of players easily allows for different equations. In any case, this is my bet on the 11 that I will field for tomorrow’s match against Turkey: defense to 4, with two full-backs and two experienced centre-backs.” It is great in high competition and with the need for Balenha to be a “hunter” in recovering balls and in the balance that must be created in the midfield, in width (facing the attack from the full-backs) and in the central area, and it also allows a triple exit for Bruno Fernandes in the heart of defense for Cristiano Ronaldo and Vitinha. In the build-up, and Diogo Jota in the attacking approach, without neglecting the coverage when Portugal is not playing they have the ball in the penalty area and Francisco Conceicao moves in the area creatively,” suggests Rui Santos. “Without forgetting the important role that Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao and Gonzalo Ramos can play, in certain moments of the match (without forgetting, in certain situations, to call up any of the other players).”

In the analysis of the CNN Portuguese commentator, the formation of the team was as follows: