Quiz! Can you name the Portugal line-up from the 2006 World Cup match against England?

Wayne Rooney of England stamps on Ricardo Carvalho of Portugal during the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Quarter-final match between England and Portugal played at the Stadium Gelsenkirchen on July 1, 2006 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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Three minutes on the clock, 14 players to guess.

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One Portuguese player became England's most wanted after this one. England's golden boy was dismissed in the Gelsenkirchen sun for a stamp, though the national newspapers back home went with a different front page.

Wayne Rooney was wound up by one of the opponents, they claimed, printing a giant photo of him winking towards his bench. It was gamesmanship to the extreme. 

The English would soon get over it – not least because the Golden Generation would come to an end under Steve McLaren and the Germans would give them a more contentious moment involving the ball not crossing the line four years later – but for a while, this Portugal side was the Three Lions' most bitter rivals. 

You probably remember some of the England stars from that afternoon – but what about the Portuguese? Just tell us all 14 of Big Phil Scolari's team that day.

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Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.