There are five Sporting and just one Benfica player in the twenty-five man squad.
The English Premier League has four representatives together with a call-up for Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Rúben Neves. Portugal’s other pre-tournament friendly matches are against Tunisia, Belgium and Algeria. Santos said: “Like before Euro 2016, we have tried to arrange opponents who are as similar as possible to the teams we will be facing in the tournament in Russia.” Portugal’s first group game in the World Cup is against Spain on15 June.
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Rui Patrício (Sporting), Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Beto (Goztepe)
Defenders: João Cancelo (Inter Milan), Bruno Alves (Glasgow Rangers), Rolando (Marseille), Cédric Soares (Southampton), José Fonte (Dalian Yifang), Rúben Dias (Benfica), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Fábio Coentrão (Sporting)
Midfielders: João Moutinho (Monaco), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruno Fernandes (Sporting), João Mário (West Ham), André Gomes (Barcelona), Manuel Fernandes (Lokomotiv), Rúben Neves (Wolves), William Carvalho (Sporting), Adrien Silva (Leicester)
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), André Silva (Milan), Gelson Martins (Sporting), Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas)