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Fernando Santos tonight announced the 23 players who will represent Portugal this summer at Euro 2016.
The headline grabber is Renato Sanches, who crowns his incredible season with a call-up to the tournament in France, but there were no real surprises in the final list.
On the downside, attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva misses out after getting injured in training last week.
Portugal 5-0 AustriaThe Seleção continued their impressive campaign at the U17 European Championships in Azerbaijan by thrashing Austria 5-0 in the quarter-finals to book their place in the last four.
Highly rated 17-year-old striker José Gomes was the star of the show, scoring a hat-trick to take his tally in the tournament to 6 goals.
Hélio Sousa’s team will now play Sweden or Netherlands on Wednesday for a place in the final.
Portugal 2-0 ScotlandPortugal defeated Scotland 2-0 in the Azerbaijan capital Baku today to make it two wins from two games in the U-17 European Championship.
José Gomes gave his burgeoning reputation another boost with an assist and a goal.
The victory sees the Seleção go top of Group A, all but booking their place in the quarter-finals of the competition, ahead of Belgium’s game against the hosts later today.
The Seleção could not have got their Euro U17 campaign off to a better start as they thrashed the hosts Azerbaijan 5-0 in Baku this afternoon.
The match was as good over after a ruthless opening half hour against a nervous host nation, with Portugal three goals to the good.
Two high-quality strikes were added in the second half to make Hélio Sousa’s side early leaders in the Group A standings.
Over the last decade, the world has borne witness to the emergence of Cristiano Ronaldo as one of the most driven, successful, influential, and divisive footballers to ever play the game. Where exactly would the Seleção be without its talisman? For many casual observers and die-hard supporters alike, Ronaldo’s presence at major tournaments is rarely assessed with the critical eye of one who fully appreciates the significance of what they are seeing. As the European club season nears its conclusion, echoes of 2014 are reverberating through the Portuguese football community with the revelation that Portugal’s captain is once again facing an injury crisis.
With Euro 2016 on our doorstep, PortuGOAL’s Nathan Motz takes a look at Ronaldo’s influence on the national team and speculates as to what this tournament means to him at this stage of his storied career.
