Has to be Said

All day i've been stewing on this, and i must tell you that i felt compelled to post about this earlier, but i didn't want to get into it, for personal beliefs.

This morning Scolari revealed the list of players that will be be part of the team that will play Portugal's friendly against Greece, this upcoming Wednesday.
Here's the list:

Keepers: Ricardo (Betis, Esp) and Rui Patrício (Sporting).

Defenders: Bruno Alves (FC Porto), Caneira e Miguel (Valência), Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Stuttgard) and Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista), Pepe (Real Madrid).

Midfielders: Raul Meireles (FC Porto), Carlos Martins (Recreativo de Huelva, Esp), João Moutinho and Miguel Veloso (Sporting)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani (Manchester United), Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto), Simão Sabrosa (Atlético Madrid) Nuno Gomes (Benfica) and Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen).

I've never been one to question Scolari's call ups, or even been upset by them, but today i was really upset when i saw that Quim had been left out of his list.
Quim is currently, in my opinion, the best Portuguese keeper, his excellent moment of form have many believing that also. His exclusion of the national team for this game is a tremendous injustice, and something that hast left me questioning Scolari's logic behind it. Maybe another chance to see Rui Patricio? With the time running out on Scolari's final list announcement, there might be a couple uncertainties on players that are on the bubble, and deserve another look.

There's no doubt in my mind that for Scolari, Ricardo will always be number one, it does not matter who #2 is, and what his level of talent is. Ricardo "owns" Portugal's goal. I'm fine with that, and accept it, but with Quim's current moment of form i have often argued for the Benfica keeper to get a chance. But to be completely excluded? I just don't get that, and i have nothing against Rui Patricio, I think that he is a good keeper with a great future in front of him, despite having had some shaky moments this season.
Being the good soccer patriot that I am, I have never rooted against Portugal, and never will, I have never desired any misfortune on our national team. Despite being a Benfica fan and having disdain for players from other clubs, when they reach the national team, i'll root for them as i would root for any Benfica player, because it's for the nation. This is one of the reasons why I decided not to post about it earlier, but after stewing all day, i decided to come out and speak out on the injustice that it was to leave Quim out of the national team, whether or not Scolari needs to further evaluate Patricio. If you want to follow that reasoning why isn't Quim given a shot at the the #1 spot? He has shown he deserves it.

Just needed to get that off my chest.

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