The coach of the Portuguese football team, Roberto Martinez, as well as his colleague on the Austrian bench, Ralf Ragnik, announced today the lists of players they are counting on for the European Championship in Germany.
Martinez immediately announced which 26 players he will lead to Germany, and among them is 39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, who will play his sixth European Championship 20 years after his debut at the European Championship in 2004 and eight years after winning the title of European Champion in 2016.
The eternal defender Pepe is also on the list.
Before the matches with the Czech Republic, Turkey and Georgia in Group F of the European Championship, the players of Portugal will play friendly matches against Finland, Croatia and Ireland.
Ragnik has called up 29 players for now, and David Alaba will miss the European Championship, as he failed to fully recover from an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee.
At the EP, Austria will play in Group D with France, Poland and the Netherlands.
List of Portugal
Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Rui Patricio (Roma), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton);
Defensive players: Joao Cancelo (Barcelona), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton), Diogo Dalo (Manchester United), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain), Ruben Dias (Manchester City), Antonio Silva (Benfica), Gonzalo Inasio (Sporting), Pepe (Porto ), Danilo Pereira (PSG);
Midfield: Joao Palinha (Fulham), Ruben Neves (Al Hilal), Joao Neves (Benfica), Vitinha (PSG), Ottavio Monteiro (Al Nasr), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City);
Attackers: Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nasr), Rafael Leao (Milan), Joao Felix (Barcelona), Gonzalo Ramos (PSG), Diogo Jota (Liverpool), Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton), Francisco Conceição (Porto).
List of Austria
Goalkeepers: Niklas Hedl (Rapid), Tobias Laval (Linz), Heinz Lindner (Saint-Giloise) and Patrick Penz (Bronby)
Defensive players: Flavius Daniliuk (Salzburg), Kevin Danso (Lens), Stefan Leiner (Borussia Monchengladbach), Filip Linhart (Freiburg), Filip Mvene (Mainz), Stefan Posch (Bologna), Leopold Kverfeld (Rapid), Geront Trauner (Feyenoord) and Maximilian Weber (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Midfielders: Tierno Bello (Wolfsburg), Christoph Baumgartner (Leipzig), Florian Grillit (Hoffenheim), Marko Grill (Rapid), Florian Keinz (Cologne), Konrad Leimer (Bayern Munich), Alexander Prass (Sturm), Marcel Zabiter (Borussia Dortmund) , Romano Schmid (Werder), Matthias Seidl (Rapid), Nikolas Seiwald (Leipzig) and Patrik Wimmer (Wolfburg)
Attackers: Marko Arnautović (Inter), Maksimilian Entrup (Hartberg), Mihael Gregorič (Freiburg) and Andreas Vajman (Vest Brmović Albion).
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