With out the injured Guerreiro, just one from the champions: Portugal’s European Championship crew

The outdated grasp continues to be concerned: Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Even at 39 years outdated, Cristiano Ronaldo is an integral a part of the Portuguese nationwide crew. Along with the colleague of the membership Otavio, the veteran will journey to the European Championships in Germany, which shall be held with out the Portuguese legionnaire who’s lively in Germany: the European champion of 2016 must go with out one Raphael Guerreiro from FC Bayern Munich, who has been affected by an ankle damage for the reason that starting of Could.

In his place, Nelson Semedo – certainly one of three Wolverhampton Wanderers gamers – has been added to the squad wherein Sporting Braga’s Ricardo Horta is lacking. “It was unhappy that he wasn’t there,” Martinez admitted at a press convention. Then the Spaniard needed to clarify his determination to not play with gamers from Champions Sporting. The one defender Goncalo Inacio who’s within the crew, the offensive gamers Pedro Goncalves and Trincao nevertheless, misplaced.

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“Trincao and Pedro Goncalves have had a improbable season, however they’re gamers who had been unlucky to overlook the vital coaching camp in March,” stated Martinez, explaining his determination. two injured on the final course. The Portugal crew continues to be glorious, because it contains Danilo Pereira, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes and Goncalo Ramos from the French sequence winners PSG or Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias from English champions Manchester Metropolis.

A particular honor may go to Pepe. Ought to he play, the now 41-year-old defender would turn out to be the oldest participant ever to play in a European Championship ultimate. Amongst outfield gamers, Lothar Matthäus holds the file at 39 years and 91 days, goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly (Hungary) 40 years and 86 days in his final Championship look of Europe.

On the European Championships, the Selecao will face the Czech Republic, Georgia and Turkey in Group F.

Take a look at the crew

Tor: Diogo Costa (FC Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton) and Rui Patricio (AS Roma)

Defence: Antonio Silva (Benfica), Danilo Pereira (PSG), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Goncalo Inacio (Sport), Joao Cancelo (FC Barcelona), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Pepe (FC Porto ) ) and Ruben Dias (Manchester Metropolis)

Mid Vary: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Joao Neves (Benfica), Joao Palhinha (Fulham FC), Otavio (Al-Nassr), Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal) and Vitinha (PSG)

Angriff: Bernardo Silva (Manchester Metropolis), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr), Diogo Jota (FC Liverpool), Francisco Conceicao (FC Porto), Goncalo Ramos (PSG), Joao Felix (FC Barcelona), Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton) and Rafael Leao (AC Milan)