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Portugal boss Paulo Bento allegedly scribbled down his 23-man squad on a napkin and left it in a restaurant on Tuesday.

According to Portuguese newspaper Record, Bento was in an Italian restaurant in Estoril on Friday evening with some friends, before talk turned towards this summer's tournament in Brazil.

And 44-year-old Bento, who earned 35 international caps as a player, decided to write down the names in the frame - even setting up his customary 4-3-3 formation.

Taking the names at the top of each section as starters, here's what the starting XI could look like when they kick off against Germany on June 16:

Rui Patricio; Joao Pereira, Pepe, Bruno Alves, Fabio Coentrao; Raul Meireles, Fernando, Joao Moutinho; Nani, Helder Postiga, Cristiano Ronaldo.

(Image: Buda Mendes)

Except... the error was actually an April Fools joke by the newspaper!

Quite a successful one at that, too: the story was picked up by various news sources and went especially big in Brazil.

Good effort from all involved.