Defender Luis Neto has called on Portugal to produce a professional performance in the friendly away to Luxembourg.

Portugal are riding high in fourth position in the FIFA rankings – some 142 places better off than their lowly opponents.

However, Luxembourg's stock is likely to rise after Aurelien Joachim scored the only goal in stoppage time to stun Greece on Friday.

Zenit centre-back Neto was an unused substitute in the country where he plies his trade on Saturday, looking on as Russia claimed a 1-0 victory thanks to Roman Shirokov's 89th-minute winner.

"It will be a particularly different game, but we are professionals and we take all games seriously for our country, with maximum concentration," Neto said on the Portuguese Football Federation's official website.

"Now we are focused on the match against Luxembourg.

"The coach said he was looking for teams to test new game situations at this point, since there are no low-quality teams.

"All teams are organised. I'm sure that Luxembourg will test us a lot."

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