It’s a beautifully clear night at Lusail Stadium, where Portugal vs Switzerland will face off in today’s late kick-off.
Portugal (4-2-3-1) – Portugal XI: Diogo Costa, Diogo Dalot, Ruben Dias, Pepe (capt), Raphael Guerreiro, William Carvalho, Otavio; Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, Goncalo Ramos
Ronaldo not starting?
Portuguese media are reporting that Cristiano Ronaldo has been benched for the game against Switzerland after an outburst at coach Fernando Santos.
Nothing’s confirmed yet, though. We’ll bring you the team sheets as soon as they’re officially announced.
Switzerland (4-3-3) – Switzerland XI: Yann Sommer; Edmilson Fernandes, Fabian Schaer, Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodriguez, Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka (capt), Djibril Sow, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ruben Vargas, Breel Embolo
Switzerland fans confident
The players are out for their warm ups. Most of the seats in the 88,000-capacity stadium are empty. Most fans yet to take their seats. There are not many Swiss fans here. The ones who are here are confident of booking a place in the quarter-finals.
“We will win 1-0. We have to win. We will play a very good game. Our team is strong. There is no limit to what our current team can achieve,” Swiss fan Nicolas Wenger.
Switzerland trivia
You may know Switzerland for its mountains, chocolate and cuckoo clocks. Here are some more fun facts for you:
- There are more than 7,000 lakes in Switzerland.
- The country has one of the world’s highest rates of gun ownership, but one of the world’s lowest crime rates.
- It’s the least obese European country – just 17 percent of people are considered obese.
- They have four official national languages – French, German, Italian and Romansh.
- It has enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population in case of nuclear war.
- LSD was invented there. Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann was looking for a migraine cure when he accidentally ingested the stuff on his fingertips.
Kick-off
We’re off!
1 min: Portugal 0-0 Switzerland
Watch”Portugal 6-1 Switzerland World Cup 2022 Highlights,”below
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VIDEO Portugal 6-1 Switzerland World Cup 2022 Highlights
They’ll bring him on soon, surely?
Santos’s masterstroke
Full-time: Portugal 6-1 Switzerland
Portugal march into the quarter-finals to face Morocco.
Portugal beats Switzerland 6-1, enter quarter finals Portugal scored half a dozen goals against Switzerland while their star striker Cristiano Ronaldo sat on the bench for most of the game. Goncalo Ramos scored a hatrick before he was replaced by Ronaldo at 74th minute.
A hat-trick, an assist, and tonight’s #Budweiser Player of the Match award. Incredible! ?
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