PORTUGAL
2010

PORTUGAL 2010 WORLD CUP
Standing: Ricardo Carvalho, Tiago, Bruno Alves, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Almeida and Eduardo.
Bended: Raul Meireles, Fábio Coentrão, Pedro Mendes, Simão and Miguel.

COACH: Carlos QUEIROZ


GOALKEEPERS:

1 EDUARDO
12 BETO
22 DANIEL FERNANDES

DEFENDERS:

2 BRUNO ALVES
3 PAULO FERREIRA
4 ROLANDO
6 RICARDO CARVALHO
13 MIGUEL
21 RICARDO COSTA
23 FÁBIO COENTRÃO

MIDFIELDERS:

5 DUDA
8 PEDRO MENDES
14 MIGUEL VELOSO
15 PEPE
16 RAUL MEIRELES
17 RÚBEN AMORIM*
19 TIAGO
20 DECO

FORWARDS:

7 CRISTIANO RONALDO ©
9 LIÉDSON
10 DANNY
11 SIMÃO
18 HUGO ALMEIDA

*Rúben Amorim was called up after Nani, who was a part of the initial squad, injured his shoulder and was deemed unfit to take part in the tournament


HOME & AWAY KITS:


PORTUGAL X CÔTE D'IVOIRE (Group Stage WC 2010 - June 15, 2022)

MAIN FORMATION


NAMES ON SHIRTS: 1.EDUARDO | 3.P.FERREIRA | 6.R.CARVALHO | 2.B.ALVES | 23.F.COENTRÃO | 16.R.MEIRELES | 8.P.MENDES | 10.DANNY | 20.DECO | 9.LIEDSON | 7.RONALDO | 11.SIMÃO | 19.TIAGO | 17.R.AMORIM

4-3-3 Formation
GK EDUARDO
RB PAULO FERREIRA
CB RICARDO CARVALHO
CB BRUNO ALVES
LB FÁBIO COENTRÃO
DMF/CMF PEDRO MENDES
CMF RAUL MEIRELES
CMF/AMF DECO
LWF/SS CRISTIANO RONALDO
RWF DANNY
CF LIÉDSON

NOTES:
'53 - Simão in, Danny Out (Simão - Plays RMF/RWF)
'63 - Tiago in, Deco Out (Tiago - Plays CMF)
'84 - Rúben Amorim in, Raul Meireles Out (Amorim - Plays CMF)

Cristiano Ronaldo - Yellow Card '20 (Heated argument with Guy Demel)


Short Free Kick: Cristiano Ronaldo | Raul Meireles
2nd Free Kick: -
Long Free Kick: Cristiano Ronaldo | Deco | Raul Meireles | Danny | Fábio Coentrão | Paulo Ferreira | Ricardo Carvalho | Eduardo
Left Corner: Deco
Right Corner: Simão
Penalty: -
Capitain: Cristiano Ronaldo
Up on Corners: Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho | Tiago

Team Strategy
★Left Side Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Ball Possession DEF
★Long Passing
★Change Sides: Cristiano Ronaldo | Cristiano Ronaldo/Danny | Pedro Mendes/Raul Meireles (Optional)



PORTUGAL X NORTH KOREA (Group Stage WC 2010 - June 19, 2022)

MAIN FORMATION


NAMES ON SHIRTS: 1.EDUARDO | 13.MIGUEL | 6.R.CARVALHO | 2.B.ALVES | 23.F.COENTRÃO | 16.R.MEIRELES | 8.P.MENDES | 19.TIAGO | 18.H.ALMEIDA | 9.LIEDSON | 7.RONALDO | 11.SIMÃO | 14.M.VELOSO | 5.DUDA | 9.LIÉDSON

4-3-3 Formation
GK EDUARDO
RB MIGUEL
CB RICARDO CARVALHO
CB BRUNO ALVES
LB FÁBIO COENTRÃO
DMF PEDRO MENDES
CMF RAUL MEIRELES
CMF TIAGO
LWF/SS CRISTIANO RONALDO
RWF/RMF SIMÃO
CF HUGO ALMEIDA

NOTES:
Deco - Before the match, during a training session, Deco would twist his left hip, thus getting sidelined for the rest of the group stage, rejoining the squad prior to the Round of 16 game.
Rúben Amorim - Picks up an injury during training, getting sidelined for the rest of the WC
'69 - Miguel Veloso in, Raul Meireles Out (Veloso - Plays CMF)
'73 - Duda in, Simão Out (Duda - Plays RWF/RMF)
'76 - Liédson in, Hugo Almeida Out (Amorim - Plays CMF)

Pedro Mendes - Yellow Card '37 (Late tackle on Pak Nam Chol)
Hugo Almeida - Yellow Card '69 (Protesting against the referee)


Short Free Kick: -
2nd Free Kick: -
Long Free Kick: Miguel Veloso | Pedro Mendes | Ricardo Carvalho | Bruno Alves
Left Corner: Raul Meireles | Simão
Right Corner: Simão | Duda
Penalty: -
Capitain: Cristiano Ronaldo
Up on Corners: Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Tiago

Team Strategy
★Left Side Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Optional: Long Passing
★Optional: Change Sides: Cristiano Ronaldo | Cristiano Ronaldo/Simão



PORTUGAL X BRAZIL (Group Stage WC 2010 - June 25, 2022)

MAIN FORMATION


NAMES ON SHIRTS: 1.EDUARDO | 21.R.COSTA | 6.R.CARVALHO | 2.B.ALVES | 23.F.COENTRÃO | 16.R.MEIRELES | 5.DUDA | 10.DANNY | 15.PEPE | 19.TIAGO | 7.RONALDO | 11.SIMÃO | 8.P.MENDES | 14.M.VELOSO

4-3-3 Formation
GK EDUARDO
RB RICARDO COSTA
CB RICARDO CARVALHO
CB BRUNO ALVES
LB FÁBIO COENTRÃO
DMF PEPE
CMF TIAGO
CMF RAUL MEIRELES
LMF/LWF DUDA
RWF DANNY
CF/SS CRISTIANO RONALDO

NOTES:
'53 - Simão in, Duda Out (Simão - Plays LMF/LWF)
'63 - Pedro Mendes in, Pepe Out (Mendes - Plays DMF)
'84 - Miguel Veloso in, Raul Meireles Out (Veloso - Plays CMF)

Duda - Yellow Card '24 (Protesting against the referee's decision)
Tiago - Yellow Card '31 (Dives inside the box)
Pepe - Yellow Card '39 (Hits Felipe Melo from behind)
Fábio Coentrão - Yellow Card '44 (Late tackle on Dani Alves)


Short Free Kick: -
2nd Free Kick: Simão
Long Free Kick: Cristiano Ronaldo | Pepe | Simão | Miguel Veloso | Ricardo Carvalho | Eduardo
Left Corner: Raul Meireles | Simão
Right Corner: Simão
Penalty: -
Capitain: Cristiano Ronaldo
Up on Corners: Ricardo Costa, Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe

Team Strategy
★Left Side Attack
★Optional - Right Side Attack
★Long Passing
★Change Sides: Duda/Danny



PORTUGAL X SPAIN (Round of 16 WC 2010 - June 29, 2022)

MAIN FORMATION


NAMES ON SHIRTS: 1.EDUARDO | 21.R.COSTA | 6.R.CARVALHO | 2.B.ALVES | 23.F.COENTRÃO | 16.R.MEIRELES | 15.PEPE | 19.TIAGO | 18.H.ALMEIDA | 9.LIEDSON | 7.RONALDO | 11.SIMÃO | 8.P.MENDES | 10.DANNY | 9.LIÉDSON

4-3-3 Formation
GK EDUARDO
RB RICARDO COSTA
CB RICARDO CARVALHO
CB BRUNO ALVES
LB FÁBIO COENTRÃO
DMF PEPE
CMF TIAGO
CMF RAUL MEIRELES
LMF/LWF SIMÃO
RWF/SS CRISTIANO RONALDO
CF HUGO ALMEIDA

NOTES:
Ricardo Costa - Receives a red card. Had Portugal beaten Spain, he'd be suspended for the quarterfinal match.
After Ricardo Costa is red carded - The team plays basically the same way, but with Raul Meireles covering RB, leaving Tiago and Pedro Mendes by the central midfield.
'57 - Danny in, Hugo Almeida Out (Danny - Plays RWF, as Cristiano Ronaldo starts playing CF/SS by the center)
'71 - Pedro Mendes in, Pepe Out (Mendes - Plays DMF)
'71 - Liédson in, Simão Out (Liédson - Plays CF, as Cristiano Ronaldo now plays RSS behind him)

Tiago - Yellow Card '79 (Stomps David Villa's foot)
Ricardo Costa - STRAIGHT RED CARD '88 (Elbows Joan Capdevila in the face)


Short Free Kick: -
2nd Free Kick: -
Long Free Kick: Cristiano Ronaldo | Tiago | Fábio Coentrão | Ricardo Carvalho | Pepe | Bruno Alves
Left Corner: Simão
Right Corner: Raul Meireles
Penalty: -
Capitain: Cristiano Ronaldo
Up on Corners: Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe

Team Strategy
★Left Side Attack
★Long Passing
★Change Sides: Cristiano Ronaldo | Cristiano Ronaldo/Simão (Optional) | Danny/Simão | Liédson/Cristiano Ronaldo

Added a complete match-by-match report with uniforms, formations, set piece takers and strategies.

I remember the times when I used to play FIFA WC 2010 on my fat PS3, this team was very overpowered. Cristiano could blast FKs from basically anywhere in the pitch, Simão was perfectly ambidextrous, and the D-Line had a jacked Bruno Alves that was crazy in terms of DEF, as well as being very dangerous taking FKs and going up on corners. Good old days...

I mainly remember this team for the hype around Coentrao, Benfica adding more and more millions to a possible transfer fee and then selling him for cheap money to Real. Considering that Coentrao wasn't worth a single penny and that we ended up with Alaba as LB, I'd say that my anger wasn't really necessary back then
Btw, since your memory is fresh on those guys, maybe you could add the missing players to our forum and post suggestions for existing ones.
https://www.pesmaster.com/portugal/pes-2011/team/6/
=> Could be helpful here.

Coentrão was actually decent during the tournament, but yeah, I remember he was hyped a lot.


Yeah, I was thinking of that. I know some of them were much better on FIFA than they were in real life, but I'm gonna give it a try!