Lisbon: Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes have been announced by coach Fernando Santos for Portugal. Joao Moutinho, who has played the most in the national jersey after Ronaldo, and other players such as Jose Fonte, Gonzalo Guedes, Renato Sanchez, etc., have been announced in the 26-member list.
39-year-old Pepe and 37-year-old Ronaldo are the veterans in the line.
2019 UEFA Nations League champions Portugal did not make it past the pre-quarters at the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020. The team is in Group H which includes Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea. The first match is against Ghana on November 24.
Squad: Goalkeepers: Rull Patricio (Roma), Diogo Costo (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolves).
Defence: Pepe (Porto), Ruben Diaz (Manchester City), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Antonio Silva (Benfica), Rafael Guerrero ( Dortmund).
Midfield: Vitinha (PSG), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Ruben Nevers (Wolves), Danilo Pereira (PSG), Palinha (Fulham), Joao Mario (Benfica), Ottavio (Porto), Matheus Nunes (Wolves), William (Real Betis).
Forwards: Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Rafael Liao (AC Milan), Andre Silva (Leipzig), Gonzalo Ramos (Benfica), Ricardo Horta (Braga).