Portugal has one of the most exciting squads of the tournament. It's a side that features A-listers as you'd expect, too: FWA Player of the Year Bruno Fernandes, Paris Saint-Germain double-pivot Vitinha and Joao Neves, Manchester City stars Bernardo Silva, Matheus Nunes and Ruben Dias, and a stacked frontline featuring Rafael Leao, Pedro Neto and Joao Felix.
While there is obvious experience across the side, too, there are players who can dominate for the next decade or so: Nuno Mendes is 23, Goncalo Inacio 24, and Diogo Costa is still just 26 – which is practically an infant in goalkeeper terms.
Oh, and then there's the small matter of all-time record men's international goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo, of course, with the five-time Ballon d'Or winner ranked at no.4 in FourFourTwo's list of the greatest players of all time and looking to cement his legacy to bring a first-ever World Cup back to Portugal, as he chases 1,000 career goals in the game.
