Portugal NT Player Call-up

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Paulo Bento, the Portuguese National Team manager, announced this afternoon in Óbidos, Portugal the list of the 23 players who will travel to Ukraine and Poland this summer and play in Euro 2012.

GOALKEEPERS

Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício


Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho


António Alberto 'Beto' Bastos Pimparel



DEFENDERS

Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves


Fábio Alexandre da Silva Coentrão


João Pedro da Silva Pereira


Képler Laveran 'Pepe' Lima Ferreira


Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca


Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa


Hugo Miguel Almeida Costa Lopes



MIDFIELDERS

Carlos Jorge Neto Martins


João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho


Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso


Raul José Trindade Meireles


Rúben Micael Freitas Ressurreição


Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro



FORWARDS

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro


Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida


Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga


Luís Carlos 'Nani' Almeida da Cunha


Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo


Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela


Nélson Miguel Castro Oliveira



Some more information about the Selecção das Quinas in Euro 2012...

We're in Group B, arguably the most difficult one and already called the 'group of death', along with Netherlands, Denmark and Germany.

The first game will be against Germany on June 9.
The second game will be against Denmark on June 13.
The third game will be against the Netherlands on June 17.

And finally, Portugal's main and alternative kits, respectively...



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Alright, just a few final things...
I decided to make this post in order to see if I could sway some of you - at least those who are still allegiance-free or whose respective National Teams will not be playing this summer (sorry about that by the way, if thats the case...) - into supporting Portugal.
Now, I know we're not exactly Spain looks-wise, but we're still pretty damn cool and hopefully this will finally be our year (ok, now I'm sounding just like the Liverpool supporter that I am...).
Anyway, hope at least some of you enjoy the post!
(Oh, and yeah, we have really looooooong names, I know...)

Comments

[jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com]

I love Rachel far too much to let my national team's success or failure affect my love for her!

well, not more than a few hours at most, you know. football is suffering and suffering and suffering and oh god why do we do it I want to hang myself oh my god please help me get through the tournament without tossing myself out of a window or something