Profil Portugal Euro 2012

Profil Portugal Euro 2012

Best Results World Cup: Third Place (1966)
Best results of the European Cup: Runner-Up (2004)
Record Scorer: Pauleta (48 goals between 1997 and 2006)
Most players with performance: Luis Figo (127 times between 1991 and 2006)
Coach: Paulo Bento
Captain: Cristiano Ronaldo

Possible Players in Euro 2012 Portugal:



Goalkeepers: Beto (Cluj), Eduardo (Benfica), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon).

Defenders: Bruno Alves (Zenit St Petersburg), Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Joao Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Pepe (Real Madrid), Nelson (Real Betis), Ricardo Costa (Valencia), Rolando (Porto).

Midfielders: Carlos Martins (Granada), João Moutinho (Porto), Manuel Fernandes (Besiktas), Miguel Veloso (Genoa), Raul Meireles (Chelsea), Ruben Micael (Real Zaragoza).

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas), Hélder Postiga (Real Zaragoza), Nani (Manchester United), Nelson Oliveira (Benfica), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas), Silvestre Varela (Porto).

Coach: Paulo Bento

Bento replaces Carlos Queiroz only two games - and one point - to the qualifying campaign. He was steady the ship after a bad start and guide Seleccao das Quinas (Tim Shields) into second place in the group and play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is a test match which sealed qualification for the 2010 World Cup. Bento won three cups as Sporting Lisbon coach, the club where he spent four years of his playing career before taking over the junior team, and then the main work.

Leading players: Cristiano Ronaldo

Top scorer with seven goals during qualifying, at the age of 27 Ronaldo should be entered in the peak of his career. Criticism is that he often failed to make the best of his ability in big finals, and in some big games in the club scene, then he would be interested to put it right here. The former Manchester United star scored in the first game against Greece in the European Cup Championship in 2004, helping his team to the finals on home turf and make his own name on the team in the tournament.

Group:

Saturday, June 9, 2012 v Germany
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 v Denmark
Sunday, June 17, 2012 v Holland

Prediction Group Stage :

Bento has been an absolute blast while the ship since taking over from Queiroz and has some excellent players to call, out of the group of death is a big ask.

Bento will target for Denmark in the second game and three points against one of the surprising results of two other teams. But Germany and the Netherlands is unbearable in qualifying and both reached the last stage of World Cup 2010. Expect them to have a little too much for Portugal.