Christian Ronald | Photo: EPA
The new talent of Lisbon “Sporting” Pedru Gonzalves will join the Portuguese men’s national team in the final tournament of the European Football Championship, the leader of which will be the superstar Christian Ronaldo, the team’s coach Fernándo Santušs has announced. Ronald’s current European championship has scored 103 goals, six less than the current world record for Iranian player Ali Dae.
The 22-year-old Gonzalez, with 23 goals, helped Sporting win the first title of Primeira Liga in Portugal’s highest football league since 2002. The team also includes the experienced Pepe, although the athlete has not played for the Portuguese national team since last October.
Portuguese footballers will start the European Championship final in Group F on June 15 with a match in Budapest against Hungary, on June 19 in Munich the Portuguese will play against Germany, and on June 23 in Budapest they will compete against the 2016 Championship final against France.
Composition of the Portuguese team
goalkeepers: Rui Patricia (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Antoni Lopez (Manchester City, England), Rui Silva (Granada, Spain);
defenders: Juan Kansel, Rubens Dias (Manchester City, England), Nelson Semede (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), José Fonte (Lille, France), Pepe (Porto), Nun Mendes (Lisbon Sporting) ”), Rafael Gerreiru (Borussia Dortmund, Germany);
midfielders: Daniil Pereira (Saint-Germain, Paris, France), Juan Pauling (Lisbon Sporting), Ruben Neves, Juan Matte (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Renate Sanchez (Lille, France), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, England), Sergio Oliveira (Porto), William Carpal (Real Betis of Seville, Spain), Bernard Silva (Manchester City, England);
Attackers: Christian Ronaldo (Juventus, Turin, Italy), Yogi Jota (Liverpool, England), Rafa Silva (Lisbon Benfica), Andre Silva (Frankfurt Eintracht, Germany), Juan Felix (Madrid Atletico) , Spain), Gonezal Gedesh (Valencia, Spain), Pedro Gonzalez (Lisbon Sporting).
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