Diogo Jota Scouting Report For Portugal U21

By his own high standards, Diogo Jota has not hit the ground running for Wolves in the Premier League, not by a long shot.

Have there been flashes of brilliance? Of course.

Have they been few and far between? Indeed.

Regardless of what’s been going on in the Premier League, one thing hasn’t changed with Jota, and that’s his international form.

He has been nothing short of an integral cog in the Portuguese U21 side that is looking to qualify for next year’s European Championships.

They finished second in their group to a very, very impressive Romanian side, which meant that Portugal dropped into the playoffs, where they faced Poland.

As is usually the case with playoffs, there’s one home game and one away game.

Portugal came away from the Southern Polish city of Zabrze with a 1-0 win in the first-leg which puts them in pole (no pun intended) position coming into the second-leg which takes place tomorrow.

It was our man and Portugal’s skipper, Diogo Jota, who got the only goal of the game.

So, what are we going to do?

That’s right, look at his performance against Poland.

Much More Central

Jota (#9) plays as a central focal point for the Portuguese U21 side, essentially drifting where and when he likes.

In many respects, he’s much more restricted to where he plays for Wolves as he tends to be stuck on the left-hand side, albeit that’s not played a factor in his drop in form this year.

It can