In the first match, Enrique Spain and Morocco drew 0-0 in extra time. In the penalty shootout, Spain missed 3 penalty kicks in a row. Morocco secured the victory 3-0 and broke into the top 8 of the World Cup for the first time, creating a big upset.
In the ensuing game, Portugal faced Switzerland, the top superstar C Ronaldo failed to start, and the bench was on standby. Since played against Switzerland in 2008, Ronaldo has been absent from Portugal's starting list for the first time in an international competition (World Cup/ European Cup ), ending the record of 31 consecutive starts in individual competitions. When Ronaldo was not on the field, Portugal played the smoothest attack, with full firepower.
In the 16th minute, Gonzalo Ramos scored from a small angle, Portugal led 1-0; in the 32nd minute, Pepe , who was 39 years old and 283 days old, became the oldest player to score in a World Cup knockout match. His goal gave Portugal a 2-0 lead! In the 49th minute, Dalot and assisted, Ramos scored twice, Portugal led 3-0; in the 54th minute, Guerrero and blasted the goal, Portugal led 4-0.
In the 57th minute, Akanji and scored in front of the goal. Switzerland recovered a goal, 1-4! In the 66th minute, Ramos single-handedly scored a hat-trick and Portugal led 5-1. Ramos became the first player to complete a hat-trick in his first World Cup start since German player Klose in 2002.
Ramos staged a fight to fame show, which is the first hat-trick in this World Cup. Ramos (21 years and 169 days) also became the second youngest player to complete a hat-trick in the World Cup knockout stage. The youngest is Pele in 1958 (17 years and 244 days).
In the 72nd minute, Ronaldo came off the bench and Pepe handed the captain's armband to Ronaldo. Subsequently, C Luo single-handedly scored, but the offside was invalid! Although worked very hard, Ronaldo still failed to score in the World Cup knockout round. In stoppage time, Leo scored and Portugal beat Switzerland 6-1.
World Cup top 8 and all matches are released: Argentina VS Netherlands , Brazil VS Croatia ; France VS England, Morocco VS Portugal.
African teams kept the spark of hope after the asian team was completely wiped out, morocco is the fourth team to reach the quarter-finals of the world cup after cameroon in 1990, senegal in 2002 and ghana in 2010 African teams. After eliminating Spain, can Morocco continue to stage a dark horse miracle against Portugal? Portugal is getting better and better, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and there is great hope of competing for the top 4. Can Argentina led by
Messi break through the barrier of the Netherlands? The battle between France and England can be called the final duel staged in advance. These two powerful dialogues have attracted much attention, and the results are unpredictable, full of suspense and gunpowder!
Neymar 's comeback has greatly promoted and improved Brazil, full of wild and happy samba football is intoxicating! Can tough Croatia make it to overtime against an all-out Brazil? The four quarter-final matchups are destined to be exciting, and a famous game is expected to be born, which is very exciting!