friendly, Nov. 19, 2008
Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra, Brasilia, Brazil
Carlos Queiroz announced the 20-man Portugal squad to play for Brazil on the FPF site. (Os 20 jogadores convocados para o particular entre o Brasil e Portugal)
First of all, who is NOT in the list:
Nuno Gomes, Miguel Veloso and Ricardo Quaresma
Goalkeepers:
Eduardo (Braga);
Quim (Benfica);
Midfielders:
Maniche (Atlético de Madrid);
Simão (Atlético de Madrid);
Deco (Chelsea)
Danny (Dínamo de Moscovo);
Raul Meireles (FC Porto);
Tiago (Juventus);
Basel, June 19- Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Ferreira in Euro 2008 Photo: record.pt
César Peixoto
Nani (Manchester United);
João Moutinho (Sporting);
Defenders:
Bosingwa, (Chelsea)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
Bruno Alves (FC Porto);
Fernando Meira (Galatasaray)
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Miguel (Valência).
Rolando
Forwards:
Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen);
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United);
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A few surprises:
Two new players called up for the first time-César Peixoto (Braga) and Rolando,
Tiago's back- Tiago played all 90 minutes with Juventus 4-1 Genoa today. The last time he was called up was in 2007.
I can't believe he left out Nuno Gomes and Ricardo Quaresma. Forward Helder Postiga will have to keep waiting. Hugo Almeida is playing regularly already scored two goals with Werder Bremen in the last month. However Almeida has disappointed in the last 2 Portugal games. He couldn't score in the friendly against Faroe Islands (90 minutes on the field). He also missed goal opportunities in qualifier Portugal - Albania and robbed Nuno Gomes of the starting lineup position. Yet Queiroz insists on Almeida. Where are the other forwards Yannick, Postiga...?
Since it's a friendly, we'll see what 6 changes Queiroz makes to the starting lineup. Carvalho's substitute will be Bruno Alves.
My starting 11 includes:
Quim
Paolo Ferreira - Pepe - Bruno Alves - Bosingwa
Maniche - Deco- Simao - Nani
Hugo Almeida
Your thoughts: