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‘They will watch the Euro as spectators’ - Portugal's Paulo Bento rules out return for Ricardo Carvalho & Jose Bosingwa
The 42-year-old says the duo will not be considered for the showpiece event and revealed the Chelsea defender faked an injury before an international friendly
16 Nov 2011 16:18:00
By Luis Mira
Portugal head coach Paulo Bento has revealed that Ricardo Carvalho and Jose Bosingwa will not make the squad for the Euro 2012 finals.
Carvalho abandoned Portugal's training camp ahead of a Euro 2012 qualifier against Cyprus in August after learning he was omitted from the starting XI.
Bosingwa, on the other hand, voiced his discontent at being left out of Bento's squad for the play-off games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and said that the coach was unfit to guide the Seleccao.
Both players had declared they would not represent the national team again as long as Bento was in charge and the 42-year-old has guaranteed he will not take the duo back.
"There is no apology that can fix things," he told reporters. "They will watch the Euro as spectators."
Bento went on to reveal that feigning an injury ahead of February's friendly against Argentina was the reason why the Chelsea full-back was not part of his plans during the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
"A player must never, in any circumstance, fake an injury in order not to play for the national team," he explained. "All his team-mates saw what he did.
"Everyone must take responsibility for their mistakes."
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Carvalho abandoned Portugal's training camp ahead of a Euro 2012 qualifier against Cyprus in August after learning he was omitted from the starting XI.
Bosingwa, on the other hand, voiced his discontent at being left out of Bento's squad for the play-off games against Bosnia and Herzegovina and said that the coach was unfit to guide the Seleccao.
Both players had declared they would not represent the national team again as long as Bento was in charge and the 42-year-old has guaranteed he will not take the duo back.
"There is no apology that can fix things," he told reporters. "They will watch the Euro as spectators."
Bento went on to reveal that feigning an injury ahead of February's friendly against Argentina was the reason why the Chelsea full-back was not part of his plans during the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
"A player must never, in any circumstance, fake an injury in order not to play for the national team," he explained. "All his team-mates saw what he did.
"Everyone must take responsibility for their mistakes."
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And here are some quotes from today's goalscorer, Danny Welbeck: "It's still the same, me and Ashley [Young] playing together.
"We know each other's games and obviously we're training with each other day in and day out.
"So, it was really good to start up top with him."
"We know each other's games and obviously we're training with each other day in and day out.
"So, it was really good to start up top with him."
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