The Portugal team, without Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting lineup, easily thrashed Switzerland 6 goals to 1 to advance to the quarterfinal round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The surprise that CR7 was not a starter in the Portuguese squad in such an important game was dispelled when Goncalo Ramos scored the first goal at minute 17′ and then Pepe scored the second at minute 33 to have a clear advantage in the first half of the match. .
In the second half the Portuguese party continued at minute 51′ with another goal by Goncalo Ramos, the advantage was further extended with Guerreiro’s score at 55′ to make it 4-0, the reaction of the Swiss was almost immediate with Manuel Akanji who scored the discount 4-1 but Goncalo Ramos would come again with his third goal of the game at minute 67′ then came several changes for the Portuguese, including Cristiano Ronaldo who entered at minute 74′ there was one more chance to score and it was Leao, by scoring in replacement time at 90+2′, would no longer move the marker for the final Portugal 6-1 Switzerland.
With this result, Portugal will face Morocco in the quarterfinal round on Saturday, December 10.
