Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk announced that Wilfried Bouma and Jetro Willems who are considered as the PSV Eindhoven binary will be in the 23-player finalists, while Vurnon Anita and Siem de Jong have lost their seats.

Portugal 1 - 1 Northern Ireland

Russia 1 - 0 Portugal

Portugal scored three times in the last 30 minutes to beat Azerbaijan 3-0 on Tuesday for their second straight win in World Cup qualifying. Portugal's goals were scored by Varela (63'), Postiga (85') and Alves (88'). Portugal's starting line-up was Patricio, Alves, Pepe, Pereira, Coentrão, Moutinho, Nani, Meireles, Veloso, Postiga and Ronaldo while Azerbaijan lined up with Arhayev, Allahverdiyev, Shukurov, F Sadygov, Abbasov, Levin, Medvedev, Huseynov, Amirguliev, Gokdemir and Ozkara.

Portugal U21 1 - 0 Macedonia U21 World Friendly International 14/08/2012.

Ivelin Popov and Ilian Micanski created goals in the second half, which led to the Oranje's first home defeat during 19 home games.

Russia coach Dick Advocaat has announced the 23-man squad 2012 for UEFA EURO 2012. Kirill Nababkin was selected for the first time. While Magomed Ozdoev and Artem Dzyuba were fail to be included.

Portugal U21 0 - 1 Ukraine U21

Gabon 2 - 2 Portugal