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Carlos Queiroz calls up Yannick Djalo and Pedro Mendes

Portugal coach selects Sporting’s in-form striker

Yannick Djalo and Pedro Mendes are the main talking points of Carlos Queiroz’s Portugal squad for their opening two World Cup 2010 qualifying matches.

Young Sporting striker Djalo ended last season in red-hot form and has started the new campaign in a similar vein. It is the first time Djalo has been called up to the senior squad. >>

Nani shines as new-look Portugal overrun Faeroe Islands

Portugal 5-0 Faeroe Islands

As expected, the reign of Carlos Queiroz as Portugal coach got off to a confident start with a straight-forward victory over minnows, the Faeroe Islands.

Carlos Martins, Simao, Duda, Bruno Alves and Nani all found the net in a 5-0 victory. Martins and Deco in the first half and Nani in the second period were Portugal’s top performers against committed but fragile opposition. >>

Three-way fight for Portugal no. 1 shirt

Quim, Eduardo & Daniel Fernandes look to impress Queiroz

One of the major talking points of Carlos Queiroz’s first squad selection as new Portugal coach was the omission of goalkeeper Ricardo. The Real Betis stopper was considered undroppable by former coach Scolari, but a poor Euro 2008 may have brought the curtain down on his international career.

Benfica’s Quim, Braga’s Eduardo and Bochum’s Daniel Fernandes are now in a three-way fight to win the no. 1 spot for the national team. >>

Ruthless Queiroz wields axe in first Portugal squad

Quaresma, Ricardo, Petit and Postiga all dropped

Carlos Queiroz’s first Portugal squad contains several notable changes in relation to the Scolari era. Ricardo, Quaresma, Petit and Helder Postiga have all been dropped. Wingers Danny and Duda and goalkeepers Eduardo and Daniel Fernandes have been called up.

Portugal play the Faeroe Islands next Wednesday in the national team’s only warm-up match before the World Cup qualifying campaign begins at the start of September. >>