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For the 2006 World Cup, Portugal's 23-man squad is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira, Kim Silva, Bruno Valle;
Defenders: Paolo Ferreira, Miguel Monteiro, Carvalho, Fernando Mera, Marco Canela, Ricardo Costa, Nuno Valente;
Midfielders: Petti, Costinha, Thiago, Maniche, Viana, Figo, Decaux, C-Ronaldo, Simão;
Forwards: Boa Mott, Pauletta, Nuno Gomez, Postiga.
In 2006, the 18th World Cup was held in Germany, which was the second time in the history of the World Cup to be held in Germany, 32 teams competed, and in the end, Italy won the championship, France lost the penalty shootout in the final, finished second, the host Germany won the third place, and the fourth place was taken by Portugal, and the top 4 were all European teams.
The Ballon d'Or is Zidane of France, and the Silver Globe and Bronze Globe are Italy's Cannavaro and Pirlo;
The Golden Boot went to Germany's Klose, and Germany's Podolski was the best rookie.
Portugal finished fourth, Figo's last World Cup and Ronaldo's first World Cup, and was placed in Group D along with Mexico, Angola and Iran.
In the first game of the group stage, Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut without scoring a goal, Pauleta scored the only goal of the game to help Portugal win 1-0 against Angola and usher in a good start.
In the second game of the group stage, Portugal beat Iran 2-0, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of the World Cup, and Portugal advanced to the qualification after two consecutive wins.
In the third game of the group stage, Portugal won 2-1 against Mexico and won all 3 games, finishing 1st in the group.
In the quarterfinals, Portugal and the Netherlands competed fiercely, and in the end, Maniche scored the only goal of the game, and Portugal won 1-0 against the Netherlands.
In the quarter-final, Portugal drew 0-0 with England, but in a penalty shootout, Portugal won 3-1 and advanced to the semi-finals.
Portugal lost the semi-final against France, with Zinedine Zidane scoring the only goal of the game.
In the third or fourth place final, Portugal lost 1-3 to Germany, unfortunately only finished fourth.
It is worth mentioning that Portugal conceded very few goals in this World Cup, always before the semifinals, only conceded 1 goal, in the semi-finals Portugal also conceded only 1 goal, until the last game, Portugal lost the goal, conceded 3 goals.
In terms of goals, Portugal is also relatively scattered, except for Maniche who scored 2 goals, Pauletta, Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Simão and Gomes each scored 1 goal.
The above is about Portugal at the 2006 World Cup.