Ronaldo rested for Portugal friendlies
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo
has been left out of Portugal’s 23-man
squad for the friendlies against Russia
and Luxembourg to give him a rest, his
coach said on Friday.
Fernando Santos said he wants to
“manage the efforts” of his players in the
lead-up to Euro 2016 and has also left
out Danny, Tiago, Fabio Coentrao and
Miguel Veloso.
Portugal, who won their Euro qualifying
Group I, play Russia in London on
November 13 and then travel to
Luxembourg four days later.
Squad
Goalkeeprs): Rui Patricio (Sporting
Lisbon), Anthony Lopes (Lyon/FRA),
Eduardo (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO)
Defenders: Cedric (Southampton/ENG),
Vieirinha (Wolfsburg/GER), Bruno Alves
(Fenerbahce/TUR), Jose Fonte
(Southamptom/ENG), Luis Neto (Zenit/
RUS), Pepe (Real Madrid/ESP), Eliseu
(Benfica), Raphael Guerreiro (Lorient/
FRA)
Midfielders: Andre Andre (Porto), Andre
Gomes (Valencia/ESP), Danilo (Porto),
Joao Moutinho (Monaco/FRA), Joao
Mario (Sporting Lisbon), William
Carvalho (Sporting Lisbon)
Forwards: Bernardo Silva (Monaco/FRA),
Goncalo Guedes (Benfica), Lucas Joao
(Sheffield Wednesday/ENG), Nani
(Fenerbahce/TUR), Nelson Oliveira
(Nottingham Forest/ENG), Ricardo
Pereira (Nice/FRA)
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