The conversation and reasons for his reinstatement were not publicly revealed.
On Monday, the athlete had been removed from the pre-selected list due to an unjustified absence from the working group under the orders of the Portuguese coach for the double clash with their counterparts from Eswatine and Cameroon, on the 7th and 11th of June, in the qualifying phase. for the 2026 World Cup, to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Group D is led by Cameroon, with four points, followed by Cape Verde, second, with the same points, Libya, third, also with four points, while Angola is fourth, with two, Mauritius, fifth, with one, and Eswatine occupies last place, without scoring.
Summoned:
- Goalkeepers: Neblú (1.º de Agosto), António Dominique (Etoile Carouge, Switzerland) and Langanga (Sagrada Esperança);
- Defenses: Jonathan Buatu (Gil Vicente, Portugal), Clinton Mata (Lyon, France), David Carmo (Olympiacos, Greece), Eddie Afonso (Petro de Luanda), Jonas Ramalho (Al-Ahli Manama, Bahrain), Jordi Gaspar ( Pau FC, France), Gaspar (Estrela da Amadora, Portugal), Nurio Fortuna (KAA Gent, Belgium) and Sandro Cruz (Desportivo de Chaves, Portugal).
- Midfielders: Freddy (Eyupspor, Turkey), Maestro (Adana Demirspor, Turkey), Domingos Andrade (Felgueiras, Portugal), Show (Maccabi Haifa, Israel), Marco Silva (União de Leiria, Portugal) Megue (Petro de Luanda) and Star (Erzurumspor, Turkey).
- Forwards: Mabululu (Al-Ittihad, Egypt), Milson (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel), Gelson Dala (Al-Wakrah, Qatar), Depú (Gil Vicente, Portugal), Lucas João (Umm-Salal, Qatar), Manuel Benson (Burnley, England), Randy Nteka (Rayo Vallecano, Spain) and Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari, Italy).
