As we’ve begun a new month, one of the things that tickles football fans in a state of aflutter is the World Cup.
The World Cup is one of the biggest soccer fiesta every football fan and player love to experience. Founded in 1930, it has been hosted every 4 years except in 1942 and 1946 due to the World War.
With 19 days left for this year’s edition of the competition to commence, some national teams have released their provisional 55-man squad; from which 23-26 will be finalized by 13th November, 2022. The first to publish theirs are Uruguay and Holland; and the latest is Spain and Portugal.
Seleções de Portugal were in the same group with Ghana in the last World Cup we participated. This year, we meet again in Group H.
Below are their provisional squad:
Goalkeepers:
Diogu Costa (FC Porto)
Rui Patricio (AS Roma/Italy)
Anthony López (Olympique Lyonne/France)
Jose Sa (Wolverhampton Wanderers/England)
Rui Silva (Real Betis/Spain)
Defenders:
Diogo Dalot (Manchester United/England)
Noonu Tavares (Olympique Marseille/France)
Noonu Mendes, Danilo (Paris Saint-Germain/France)
Nelson Semedou (Wolverhampton Wanderers/England)
Hubin Dias , Joao Cancelo (Manchester City/England)
Cedric Soares (Arsenal/England)
Thierry Correira (Valencia/Spain)
Antonio Silva (Benfica)
Fabiu Cardoso, David Carmo, Pepe (FC Porto)
Diogo Reich (Union Berlin/Germany)
Jose Ponte, Thiago Jalou (Lille/France)
Gonzalu Ignacio (Sporting CP)
Domingus Duarte (Getafe/Spain)
Mario Hui (Naples/Italy)
Rafael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund/Germany)
Midfielders:
William Carvalho (Real Betis/Spain)
Florentino Luis, Joao Mariu (Benfica)
Joao Moutinho, Matteus Nunes, Hubin Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers/England)
Fabiu Carvalho (Liverpool/England) )
Fabio Viera (Arsenal/England)
Ottaviu (FC Porto)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City/England)
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/England)
Renato Sanchez, Vitina (Paris Saint-Germain/France)
Joao Palinha (Fulham/England)
Nunu Santos (Sporting CP)
Sergio Oliveira (Galatasaray/Turkey)
Forwards:
Andre Silva (Leipzig/Germany)
Paulinho (Sporting CP)
Ricardo Horta (Braga)
Daniel Podense, Gonzalu Geddes (Wolverhampton Wanderers/England)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal)
João Felix (Atlético Madrid/Spain)
Jota (Celtic/Scotland)
Pedro Gonsauves (Sporting CP)
Fernando Trincan (Sporting CP)
Rafael Reang (AC Milan/Italy), Vitina (Braga)
