Portugal vs Switzerland LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2022: Ronaldo benched as Fernando Santos' men eye quarter-final spot
Portugal vs Switzerland LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2022: Ronaldo benched as Fernando Santos' men eye quarter-final spot
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Switzerland's Group G results at FIFA World Cup 2022
Beat Cameroon 1-0
Lost to Brazil 1-0
Beat Serbia 3-2
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Portugal's Group H results at FIFA World Cup 2022
Beat Ghana 3-2
Beat Uruguay 2-0
Lost to South Korea 2-1
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Portugal vs Switzerland LIVE
Lineups
Portugal XI: Diogo Costa, Diogo Dalot, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Raphael Guerreiro, Bruno Fernandes, Otavio, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, William Carvalho, Goncalo Ramos
Switzerland XI: Yann Sommer, Edimilson Fernandes, Manuel Akanji, Breel Embolo, Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka, Ricardo Rodriguez, Djibril Sow, Ruben Vargas, Fabian Schaer, Xherdan Shaqiri
Pepe will captain Portugal in Ronaldo's absence from the XI.
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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022 round of 16 clash between Portugal and Switzerland. The winners of this contest will meet Morocco in the quarter-finals, with the African outfit having stunned Spain on penalties in the earlier match today. Stay tuned for more updates.
Preview: Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t in the starting lineup for Portugal’s match against Switzerland on Tuesday in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
The move came a day after his coach expressed frustration about his team captain’s attitude in the last game. Gonçalo Ramos, who plays for Portuguese club Benfica, is starting in Ronaldo’s place at Lusail Stadium.
Ronaldo showed obvious displeasure at being removed from the game against South Korea on Friday.
The 37-year-old striker opened the tournament with a goal against Ghana to become the first player to score in five different World Cups. But he was ineffective in Portugal’s final two games of group play and was pulled midway through the second half of a 2-1 loss to South Korea.
Ronaldo’s body language indicated the superstar was annoyed at being taken out of the game — something Portugal coach Fernando Santos remained silent about for nearly three days.
Finally in his Monday news conference, Santos conceded Ronaldo’s attitude in the game against South Korea was the one distraction — of many — that had pushed him too far.
In the last eight, Morocco await the winners of this contest between Portugal and Switzerland, after the African outfit stunned 2010 world champions Spain to win via penalty shootout, and reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the very first time.
It may be a good time to note that the Swiss had eliminated reigning World Cup champion France in the last 16 at the European Championship last year and has been one of the most consistent teams of this tournament.
“We have seen how euphoric Swiss people are about being at this stage,” coach Murat Yakin said Monday. “We’ve proven that we’re able to beat them.”
With inputs from AP
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