Portugal vs Switzerland – The Portugal national soccer team produced one of the best performances of the 2022 FIFA World Cup by crushing Switzerland in the round of 16 to secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the quadrennial event.
Portugal, who qualified for the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 after finishing top of the points table in Group H, faced Switzerland for a place in the quarterfinals of the competition.
Cristiano Ronaldo started the game on the bench as Fernando Santos made eight changes to the team that fell to a shock 2-1 loss to South Korea in their third match in Group H.
Fernando Santos’ men got off to a great start in this 2022 FIFA World Cup match between Portugal and Switzerland, opening the scoring in the 17th minute of the match. Goncalo Ramos, who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting eleven, put Portugal ahead with a forceful shot into the upper corner.
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Pepe then doubled his team’s lead in this 2022 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match between Portugal and Switzerland. The veteran defender headed in a corner that Bruno Fernandes launched into the Swiss box.
The third goal of this Portugal vs Switzerland also came from the first. Goncalo Ramos scored his second and third goals of the game for Portugal in the 51st minute of the game. Diogo Dalot sent a cross into the Swiss area and Goncalo Ramos put the ball into the net between Yann Sommer’s legs.
Raphael Guerreiro then set up a four-goal cushion for Fernando Santos’ men in this match between Portugal and Switzerland in the 55th minute. However, Switzerland pulled one back in the 58th minute with Manuel Akanji’s shot from close range.
Portugal, however, restored their four-goal lead in the 67th minute when Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick. He became the first player to score a hat-trick at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Rafael Leao, coming on as a substitute, further heaped the misery on Switzerland, scoring Portugal’s sixth goal of the game in the 90+2 minute. This match between Portugal and Switzerland ended with the victory of the former.
Portugal will face Morocco, who defeated Spain in the round of 16, in the quarterfinals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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