text: SOCCER - WEAH HEAD-BUTT DEPRIVES PORTUGAL OF COSTA. LISBON 1996-12-06 
   Portugal called up Porto central defender Joao Manuel Pinto on Friday to face Germany in a World Cup qualifier in place of injured club colleague Jorge Costa, who is still nursing a broken nose after being head-butted by Liberian striker Georg Weah. Costa has not played since being struck by the AC Milan forward after a bad-tempered European Champions' League game on November 27. Portugal lead European qualifying group nine with seven points from four games, one more than Ukraine and three more than Germany, who have only played twice. The Portuguese host Germany on December 14. Squad: 
   Goalkeepers - Vitor Baia (Barcelona, Spain), Rui Correia (Braga): 
   Defenders - Paulinho Santos (Porto), Sergio Conceicao (Porto), Joao Manuel Pinto (Porto), Oceano Cruz (Sporting), Fernando Couto (Barcelona), Helder Cristovao (Deportivo Coruna, Spain), Dimas Teixeira (Juventus, Italy), Carlos Secretario (Real Madrid, Spain): 
   Midfielders - Rui Barros (Porto), Jose Barroso (Porto), Luis Figo (Barcelona), Paulo Bento (Oviedo, Spain), Jose Taira (Salamanca, Spain): 
   Forwards - Antonio Folha (Porto), Joao Vieira Pinto (Benfica), Paulo Alves (Sporting), Rui Costa (Fiorentina, Italy), Jorge Cadete (Celtic Glasgow, Scotland).
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