Portuguese star ‘C Ronaldo’ Ronaldo is not in the starting list today. The young player who replaced Ramos scored three goals and staged his first hat-trick of this World Cup to help Portugal into the last 16 of the Cup Cup in Qatar They beat Switzerland 6-1 to finish in the top 8. Next, they will face Morocco to win tickets to the top 4.
This is the end of the top 16 and all of this year’s top 8 teams are out.
Portugal coach Fernando Santos has criticized 37-year-old striker Cristiano Ronaldo for his poor attitude when he was substituted at the start of their final group match against South Korea last week. Portugal captain Ronaldo played today against Switzerland. the striker position is replaced by Goncalo Ramos, who plays for Portuguese Super League Banfica (Benfica).
Portugal, who had advanced ahead of schedule after finishing their first two group stage matches, faced South Korea in their final match. Ronaldo was substituted early in the 65th minute of the match. The team eventually lost 1-2. he caught Ronaldo, apparently complaining dissatisfied: “He’s in a hurry to replace me”.
Furthermore, a recent Portuguese poll showed that 70% of people believe Ronaldo shouldn’t start in the round of 16. Cristiano Ronaldo often captured the media pages in this World Cup due to the team transfer turmoil, but his performance after the start of the match was not satisfactory. In the group stage, he only scored 1 goal with a 12 yards in the first game .
21-year-old Ramos scored Portugal’s first goal in the 17th minute and 39-year-old centre-back Pepe scored another goal in the 33rd minute Portugal led 2-0 at half-time.
In the second half, Ramos scored the second goal in the 51st minute. Defender Raphael Guerreiro scored another goal in the 55th minute for Borussia Dortmund. Switzerland scored the opener in the 58th minute from defender Manuel Akanji. But Ramos scored another goal in the 67th minute.
Ramos was replaced by Ronaldo with less than 20 minutes remaining in regular time. AC Milan substitute Rafael Leao added the icing on the cake in the 92nd minute, stoppage time, with another goal for Portugal, who won the game 6-1.
At the start of the round of 16, North African powerhouse Morocco had a 120-minute fierce battle with Spain’s “Invincible Armada”. After a fierce 120-minute battle, the two sides handed each other a goalless draw. , Morocco defeated Spain 3-0, advancing to the top 8 for the first time in team history.
The leader of Group H, Portugal, and the runners-up of Group G, Switzerland. The winning team, Portugal, advanced to the quarter-finals and will play Morocco at 11pm.
Also, on the 9th Brazil will play Croatia at 23:00 Taiwan time, on the 10th Argentina will play Netherlands at 3:00 Taiwan time and England will play France at 3:00 Taiwan time the 11.
Portugal and Switzerland have faced each other in the past. Portugal won 4-0 in Lisbon, scoring twice in the UEFA Nations League in June, but Switzerland won 1-0 in Geneva a week later.
Xherdan Shaqiri, the main player of the Swiss team, said on the 4: “We know Portugal. We have met them many times. In the Nations League, we have lost and won. For me anything is possible, it is a knockout match, but We know it will be a good team.”
