Portugal announce squad for Euro Qualifiers

September 30/11

Portugal coach Paulo Bento has announced his squad for the crucial final two games of qualifying for the Euro 2012 tournament. Portugal sit atop the Group tied in points with Denmark and Norway at 13. The Quinas will host Iceland at home on October 7 in Porto and then will travel to Denmark four days later to take on the Danes in what just might be the title clincher.

Portugal will be without the services of Fabio Coentrao, Pepe and Hugo Almeida who all are nursing injuries.

Portugal squad:

Goalies- Rui Patricio (Sporting), Beto (Cluj), Eduardo (Benfica)

Defense- Bruno Alves (Zenit), Rolando (FC Porto), Silvio (A. Madrid), Joao Pereira (Sporting), Sereno (Cologne), Ricardo Costa (Valencia)

Midfielders- Ruben Micael (Zaragoza), Raul Meireles (Chelsea), Carlos Martins (Granada), Ruben Amorim (Benfica), Joao Moutinho (FC Porto), Danny (Zenit), Miguel Veloso (Genoa), Paulo Machado (Toulouse)

Forwards- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Nani (Man U), Nuno Gomes (Braga), Helder Postiga (Zaragoza), Eliseu (Malaga), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas)

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