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Paulo Bento announced the team of Portugal for Euro 2012 

Paulo Bento announced the team of Portugal for Euro 2012

4.07.2012

The coach of Portugal Paulo Bento declared his group for the upcoming European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. Among 23 th players there are no special surprises as the most famous name of course is that of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Portugal reached the tournament after in the playoffs defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina after 0:0 and 6:2. In his first game of the tournament the team of Bento will play on June 9 against Germany.

Here is the composition of Portugal's Euro 2012:

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

Defenders: Joao Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Miguel Lopez (Braga), Pepe (Real Madrid), Bruno Alves (Zenit), Rolando (Porto), Ricardo Costa (Valencia), Fabio Koentrao (Real Madrid)

Midfielders: Moutinyo Joao (Porto), Raul Meyrelesh (Chelsea), Carlos Martins (Granada), Miguel Veloso (Genoa), Ruben Michael (Real Zaragoza) Kustodio (Braga)

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

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