When I read Luiz Felipe Scolari's final 23-man squad of Portugal for UEFA EURO 2008, 2 names "jumped out at me" Simao and Postiga. I was surprised they were included in the list. Maniche being left out was also a surprise. By the way, here's a video clip of him announcing live, on May 12th at Viseu, the 23 players.
- Goalkeepers (3):
Quim (SL Benfica)
Ricardo (Real Bétis)
Rui Patrício (Sporting CP) - Defenders (8):
Bruno Alves (FC Porto)
Fernando Meira (Estugarda)
Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista FC)
Bosingwa (FC Porto)
Pepe (Real Madrid) Bench
Miguel (Valencia)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea FC)
Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea FC) - Midfielders (5):
Deco (FC Barcelona)
Petit (SL Benfica)
João Moutinho (Sporting CP)
Miguel Veloso (Sporting CP)
Raul Meireles (FC Porto) I liked how he played against Al-Samiyah back in June 5th 2007. - Strikers / Forwards (7):
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Hélder Postiga (Panathinaikos)
Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen)
Nani (Manchester United)
Nuno Gomes (SL Benfica)
Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto)
Simão Sabrosa (Atlético de Madrid)
Postiga wasn't called up for the friendly against Greece in March. I heard him on the Antena 1 radio when they were interviewing him for that pre-match. I think he realizes he has competition. Anyway, he is one of my favorite players of the national team.
Last year I saw this interview from the fpf site about 200 times. It's one of the reasons I started learning Portuguese from Portugal ;-) I couldn't find it on youtube so you can see it in windows media here:
-- Will Postiga be in the starting line-up or will Nani, Nuno Gomes be Scolari's 1st choice?
Which player were you surprised to see IN Luiz Felipe Scolari's final 23-man squad of Portugal for UEFA EURO 2008? ...either because they're not in the best shape / others deserve their position?
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