Portugal predicted lineup vs Uruguay - World Cup | OneFootball

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·25 November 2022

Portugal predicted lineup vs Uruguay - World Cup

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GK: Diogo Costa - After seeing Costa come within a whisker of giving away a calamitous equaliser against Ghana, the official national team account tweeted: "The most said word in Portugal now: 'Just'"RB: Joao Cancelo - In the absence of Ricardo Quaresma, Cancelo can provide the trivela expertise. "Even back in Benfica's academy, I would train a lot with this technique so that I would feel comfortable passing the ball with the outside of the foot," the Manchester City fullback reflected.CB: Danilo Pereira - Theoretically a midfielder, Danilo's last nine caps for Portugal have come as a centre-back - a position which he increasingly plays for PSG as well.CB: Ruben Dias - Echoing the sentiment of Bill Shankly, Dias recently declared: “Football for me is everything. It’s life."LB: Raphael Guerreiro - The French-born fullback barely knew a handful of Portuguese words when he made his international debut eight years ago. CM: Bernardo Silva - Bestowed the unhelpful nickname of “Messi from Seixal” during his days in Benfica's academy. Fortunately, it didn't weigh him down (or really catch on).CM: Ruben Neves - The Wolves captain is responsible for 50% of his club's Premier League goals this season but has never scored for his country's senior team.CM: William Carvalho - During a club career which has taken him to Sporting CP, Cercle Brugge and Real Betis, Carvalho has only ever known a home kit of green stripes. However, with 77 caps to his name, he is used to red at the international level.RW: Bruno Fernandes - At 16 he was still a centre-back. Now an attacking midfielder, Fernandes was shoehorned into the team on the wing against Ghana.ST: Cristiano Ronaldo -World Cup.Became the fourth-most expensive player in history when Atletico Madrid paid an eye-watering €126m after just 33 senior appearances.

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