Federação Portuguesa De Futebol

Federação Portuguesa De Futebol

Federação Portuguesa de Futebol Region: !Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) World Cup appearances: 4 (1966, '86, 2002, '06) Best World Cup finish: 3rd (1966) Current FIFA Ranking: 3rd Continental titles: None Country’s population:!10,735,765!GDP (per inhabitant):!$21,800!Life expectancy:!78.38 Formation: 4-5-1 3!LB 7!LW Paulo Cristiano World Cup Qualifying Ferreira Ronaldo Opponent GF GA @Malta 4 0 16!LCM Denmark 2 3 2!LCB Raul @Sweden 0 0 Bruno Meireles Albania 0 0 Alves Sweden 0 0 @Albania 2 1 @Estonia 0 0 1!GK 15!DM 9!F @Denmark 1 1 Eduardo Pepe Liedson @Hungary 1 0 Hungary 3 0 @Malta 4 0 6!RCB Bosnia/Herzogovina 1 0 Ricardo 20!RCM @Bosnia/Herzogovina 1 0 Carvalho Deco 19 5 Record: 7-5-1 5!RB 17!RW Duda Nani Group G Pts W D L GF GA Name Pos No. Club (league) Caps G Brazil Eduardo G 1 Braga (Portugal) 14 0 Portugal Beto G 12 Porto (Portugal) 1 0 Cote d’Ivoire Daniel Fernandes G 22 Iraklis (Israel) 2 0 North Korea Name Pos No. Club (league) Caps G Paulo Ferreira D 3 Chelsea (England) 61 0 TEAM NOTES Fabio Coentrão D 23 Benfica (Portugal) 3 0 Duda D 5 Málaga (Spain) 15 1 TopFormation: players 4-2-1-3: Miguel D Valencia (Spain) Cristiano Ronaldo was last year's FIFA World Player 13 56 1 of the Year and remains just as dangerous after his Ricardo Carvalho D 6 Chelsea (England) 62 4 move to Real Madrid, able to play either wing or a striker's position. Bruno Alves D 2 Porto (Portugal) 30 5 Pepe is Ronaldo's teammate in Madrid, where he Rolando D 4 Porto (Portugal) 8 0 plays central defense. !For Portugal, he will be in defensive midfield, forming a dominant defending trio Ricardo Costa D 21 Valencia (Spain) 8 0 with Ricardo Carvalho and Bruno Alves, should Pepe Pepe M 15 Real Madrid (Spain) 24 2 be fully recovered from his knee injury. Deco is the player that makes everything tick in midfield, Pedro Mendes M 8 Sporting CP (Portugal) 7 0 particularly important on a team that has two ways to Miguel Veloso M 14 Sporting CP (Portugal) 11 1 attack: !Ronaldo, and everything else. !That everything else involves Deco getting the most out of Nani. Raul Meireles M 16 Porto (Portugal) 33 5 Keys to success: Tiago M 19 Atlético Madrid (Spain) 50 1 That defending trio - if they play to their capabilities, Deco M 20 Chelsea (England) 73 5 Portugal will be difficult for anybody to beat. !They Danny M 10 Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) 10 1 seem to have problems scoring goals, but their defending keeps them in every match. Simão F 11 Atlético Madrid (Spain) 80 21 Outlook: Nani F 17 Manchester United (England) 36 7 Even before Didier Drogba got hurt, they were likely to Cristiano Ronaldo F 7 Real Madrid (Spain) 71 22 get through to the second round. !Once there, they get Spain. Liédson F 9 Sporting CP (Portugal) 9 3 Hugo Almeida F 18 Werder Bremen (Germany) 25 7 Graphic created by Jeremiah Oshan Courtesy of SounderAtHeart.com and SBNation.com.

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