Pepe became the first South American to have played more than 100 matches for the European team

11 September 2018, 10:28 | Football 
Пепе (справа), getty images

Defender of the Portuguese national team Pepe celebrated the anniversary of the match against Italy.

On the eve of the Portuguese national team in the home match of the League of Nations confronted the team of Italy and won a minimal victory.

In the starting lineup of the Portuguese for the match was the place of the central defender Besiktas Pepe. For him, this fight was 101 in a T-shirt of the Portuguese.

Pepe is a native of Brazil, and thus, he became the first South American in history who managed to hold more than 100 fights in the European team.

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Источник: football.ua