Fifa WC POR vs SUI Highlights: Ramos' hattrick leads Portugal to 6-1 win

Fifa World Cup, POR vs SUI Round of 16 Highlights: It was a night to remember for Portugal's Goncalo Ramos as he scored a hattrick, helping his team thrash Switzerland 6-1 and reach the last 8.

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Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Goncalo Ramos scores, Yann Sommer would like to forget

 

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Playing in place of the legend Cristian Ronaldo, Goncalo Ramos has scored his first ever World Cup final goal in his first ever appearance in a starting 11 of a World Cup finals game. It was his left foot and he had a very narrow-angle to go through Yann Sommer and the post. The Swiss goalkeeper Sommer was slow to react, or maybe the shot was way too fat for him as the ball was in the net even before he could really move his hands. 

 

POR 1-0 SUI

 

12:46 AM

Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Matchday motivation for Shaquiri

12:45 AM

Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: The 11 on the field for Switzerland

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Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Ronaldo does not start for Portugal

 

02 Minutes

 

Cristian Ronaldo, the skipper of the Portugal team does not start in a Portugal 11 for the first time in 14 years and incidentally, the last time he was benched was also against Switzerland in 2008. 

 

POR 0-0 SUI

 

12:32 AM

Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Switzerland Starting 11

 

Sommer; Fernandes, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez; Freuler, Xhaka; Shaqiri, Sow, Vargas; Embolo.

 

Formation: 4-2-3-1

 

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Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Portugal Starting 11

 

Costa; Dalot, Pepe, Dias, Guerreiro; Otavio, Carvalho; B Silva, Fernandes, Felix; Ramos.

 

Formation: 4-3-3

 

12:31 AM

Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Experienced players will hold the key

 

The likes of Joao Cancelo, Ronaldo, Pepe and young Rafael Leao alongside Bruno Fernandes have to be on their toes and on the lookout for the likes of Granit Xhaka, Xhedran Shaquiri and Breel Embolo who have troubled Cameroon, Brazil and Serbia a lot during the group stages of the game. 

 

12:30 AM

Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Portugal will be wary of an upset

 

Portugal, who were beaten by South Korea in their last game would be wary of the Swiss attack which was in its full prime against Serbia in their last game. In fact, Serbia beat Portugal during the World Cup qualifiers and were beaten comprehensively by Switzerland in this World Cup. By this logic, the Swiss cannot be taken lightly at all by Portugal. 

 

12:29 AM

Portugal vs Switzerland Live Score, Round of 16: Can Switzerland take inspiration from Morocco?

 

The Swiss would be upbeat after a Moroccan victory over Spain in the last game of the night. They would like to inspiration from the same game and go all out against Spain’s neighbour Portugal.  This is the last match of the Round of 16 and both the teams are equally matched, except for the fact that Portugal have a certain Cristiano Ronaldo in their team. 

 

12:26 AM

Welcome to the live coverage of the Round of 16 clash between Portugal and Switzerland

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Round of 16 clash between Portugal and Switzerland. The match takes place at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Stay tuned to Business Standard for all the important updates from the game.