Portugal’s 0-0 draw with Colombia has pushed four Paris Saint-Germain players into a sharper World Cup workload test.
Paris Saint-Germain confirmed that Vitinha, Joao Neves, Nuno Mendes and Goncalo Ramos were all part of the Portugal group that finished second in Group K after Sunday’s stalemate at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
The result was enough for Roberto Martinez’s side to advance, but not enough to win the section. Colombia topped the group, while Portugal now face Croatia on 3 July at BMO Field in Toronto.
Luis Enrique Gets A Knockout-Stage Workload Signal
For PSG, the significance sits beyond the scoreline. Vitinha and Neves have become central to the club’s midfield identity under Luis Enrique, while Mendes remains one of the most physically demanding full-back profiles in Europe.
That makes every additional knockout fixture a club-management issue as well as a national-team achievement. FIFA’s match report noted that Portugal advanced as runners-up after a first World Cup goalless draw for Colombia, with the late offside call preserving the deadlock.
The next Paris question is straightforward: how many minutes will the quartet carry before returning to Camp des Loges?
That point already mattered before kick-off, with ReadPSG highlighting the Colombia test as a midfield benchmark for Vitinha and Neves. The Croatia tie now turns that benchmark into a recovery-clock issue for Luis Enrique.
