Goncalo Ramos, who started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo, starred with a hat-trick as Portugal crushed Switzerland 6-1 in their World Cup last-16 clash on Tuesday.
Ramos scored a stunner in the 17th minute, while Pepe headed home off a corner in the 33rd as Portugal led 2-0 at the break. Ramos scored again on resumption of play and Raphael Guerreiro made it 4-1 before Manuel Akanji pulled one back.
Ramos notched up his hat-trick in the 67th, while Rafael Leao completed the tally in injury time.
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Thank you for joining us. We will be back with the quarterfinals on Friday
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Portugal win 6-1 and set up a clash with Morocco
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The Swiss have been handed a solid thrashing
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Final whistle blows! Portugal storm into the last eight
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Leao with a superb finish!
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Misery not yet over for the Swiss! 6-1
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4 minutes of stoppage time
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Into the final five minutes of normal time
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Ronaldo scores, but he's off side
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The Swiss have been blown away Ramos and the quality of Portugal
Portugal will meet Morocco in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
