In total, the team included 26 people: goalkeepers – Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton, England), Rui Patricio (Rome, Italy); Defenders: Diogo Dalot (Manchester United, England), Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias (both Manchester City, England), Danilo Pereira, Nuno Mendes (both PSG, France), Pepe (Porto), António Silva (Benfica), Rafael Guerreiro ( Borussia Dortmund, Germany); midfielders – João Pagliña (Fulham, England), Ruben Neves, Mateus Nunes (both Wolves), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), João Mario (Benfica), Otavio Monteiro (Porto), Vitinha (PSG) , William Carvalho (Betis, Spain); Forwards – Andre Silva (Leipzig, Germany), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Goncalo Ramos (Benfica), Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Rafael Leau (Milan, Italy), Ricardo Horta (“Braga”).
For Ronaldo, the next World Cup will be his fifth in his career. Only Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Rafael Marquez and Germany’s Lothar Matthäus have taken part in five world championships. Italian Gianluigi Buffon also competed in five World Championships, but played four.
Portugal will play in Group H against Ghana (24 November), Uruguay (26 November) and South Korea (2 December). The best result of the Portuguese team at the world championships is third place in the 1966 tournament. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the team reached the final of ⅛, where they lost to the Uruguayans (1: 2).
How Qatar prepares for the World Cup
