Ronaldo will look to add a World Cup to his Euros success
Portugal coach Fernando Santos announced the team he is ready to take for the 2018 World Cup on Thursday and notably, the squad will be missing almost half of the Euro Cup winners.
Santos has left out almost half the 2016 European Championship winning squad.
Centre forward Eder, who scored the winning goal in the Euro 2016 final against France, was among 10 players from that squad omitted from Santos's list.
Also missing from the 23-man squad were Barcelona duo Andre Gomes, Nelson Semedo, and Renato Sanches who, like Eder and Nani, played at the 2016 European championships won by the Portuguese.
"All of them helped us write a brilliant page in the history of Portuguese football".
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This photo taken on April 20, 2018 shows a collectible card of Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) among other collectible cards of football players for the 2018 Russian Federation football World Cup at the Panini Group factory in Modena, northern Italy.
Portugal are placed in Group B at the World Cup, alongside Iberian neighbour and former World champions Spain, Morocco, and Iran.
Midfield: Adrien Silva (Leicester, England), Bruno Fernandes, William Carvalho (both sporting Lisbon), joão mário (West ham, London, England), Joao Moutinho (Monaco, France), Manuel Fernandes (Lokomotiv, Moscow, Russia).
"I have to make my decisions taking into consideration the players I believe will best fit the puzzle", Santos added.
"From a human perspective, it's very hard to discard players who were with us at Euro 2016", admitted 63-year-old coach Santos. "But I have absolute confidence in this squad just as I did in the other one".
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