FIFA World Cup 2022 Portugal vs Switzerland Report: Portugal defeated Switzerland 6-1 and with this also confirmed the place in the quarter-finals.
FIFA World Cup 2022: Who needs Ronaldo? When stories of victory are being written even without Ronaldo. This is what happened against Switzerland. Portugal’s coach Santosh played this big bet. Competition was important. The world knew it was a knockout. Means there is no scope of defeat. Now in such a match, where Ronaldo, the superstar of the football world, could have been inside any team, Portugal has thrown him out. Placed on the bench. And, even after this bold decision, won the match, that too by a big margin. Portugal defeated Switzerland 6-1 and with this also confirmed the place in the quarter-finals.
21-year-old Ramos, who idolises Ronaldo, became the hero in Portugal’s victory. I have grown up watching him play. Half of the 6 goals scored on Switzerland have been scored by Ramos alone. With this, he scored more goals than Ronaldo in the knockout stage of the World Cup.
Portugal’s dominance, Switzerland did not get wind
Now let’s know how the competition reached its end. So be it the first half or the second half, Switzerland never appeared in the match in front of Portugal playing without Ronaldo. Portugal maintained its dominance from the beginning and was seen making a scene of a big victory. The result also showed the same.
Portugal started raining goals on Switzerland from the 17th minute of the match. The first goal came out of the boot of Ramos. After this, Pepe scored the second goal in the 33rd minute. Overall, the first half of the match was 2-0 in the name of Portugal.
4 goals in just 16 minutes, Ramos’s hat-trick
In the second half, 4 goals were seen within 16 minutes. And, these 16 minutes started from the 51st minute of the match. Ramos started this game of goals once again. After 4 minutes i.e. in the 55th minute, Rafael scored another goal. Even Portugal went ahead 4-0 in the match. But in the 58th minute, an attack came from Switzerland and the score became 4-1. In the 67th minute, Portugal’s spirit boiled again and scored a goal. Ramos also scored this goal. That is, in terms of goals, Ramos got a hat-trick in the match.
Portugal to face Morocco in the quarter-finals
Felt that the match would be in the name of Portugal by a margin of 5-1. But, Portugal gave another stain in extra time. In this way the final score of the match was 6-1. With this big win, Portugal booked a quarter-final ticket, where it will now face Morocco, who defeated Spain in the penalty shootout.
