Portugal World Cup Odds, Preview, Squad, Prediction

Portugal are in search of their first-ever World Cup trophy in Qatar. Cristiano Ronaldo's recent interview with Piers Morgan about Manchester United is causing a stir in football. Ronaldo and his Manchester Utd teammates are unhappy with him. Portugal have plenty of stars capable of taking control of matches.

Portugal have never won the World Cup. They came third in 1966. Their best World cup finish was in the 1966 World Championship.

Portugal are 14/1 to win the World Cup. They are 6/2 to reach the tournament final. Bookmakers' best betting odds on Portugal reaching the semifinals are 5/ 2. A trip to the quarterfinals is at the best odds of 10/11.

Santos has been in charge of the Portugal national team since 2014. He has worked with the players for years and won the European Championship and UEFA Nations League with them. Portugal plays a 4-2-3-1 formation with two holding midfielders. Ruben Neves and William Carvalho could play as the holding duo to protect the back four. Bruno Fernandes will play in a No 10 position. Cristiano Ronaldo will likely play central striker and focus on scoring goals.

Portugal did not win their qualification group. They finished second behind Serbia. Portugal went through the playoffs, defeating Turkey 3-1 and North Macedonia 2-0 to reach the World Cup 2022 finals.

Portugal are expecting high expectations. They won the 2016 European Championships with Ronaldo injured. Santos may have to make a big decision in the group stage to get the team through to the next round.

Bruno Fernandes is Portugal's star man. He will pull the strings in attack as the No 10.

Ruben Neves is Portugal's underrated hero. Nevens is a hardworking holding midfielder capable of scoring some unbelievable goals. He is likely to leave Wolverhampton Wanderers in one of the next two transfer windows.

Portugal will play Uruguay, Ghana and South Korea in their World Cup group. They play Ghana on November 24, Uruguay on Nov 28 and against South Korean on Dec 2.

Portugal can go to the semifinals of the World Cup at the very least. If they can top their group, they could get to final four.

Portugal is a team without a star player like Ronaldo. They should make the World Cup semifinals.