17′ Portugal 1-0 Switzerland
GOAAAL! Goncalo Ramos, on his first international start, scores for Portugal to give them a 1-0 lead over Switzerland. He receives a pass from Felix inside the box, gets a touch and hits the ball towards the top-left corner past Yann Sommer, the Swiss goalkeeper.
2′ Portugal 0-0 Switzerland
Joao Felix with a pass to Bruno Fernandes, but Bruno fails ro collect the ball without much fuss and the ball is cleared away.
1′ Portugal 0-0 Switzerland
The match is underway! Switzerland get this FIFA World Cup round of 16 match underway at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. Pepe already gets his first touch today, so does Bruno Fernandes.
Right, so the nationals anthems of both Portugal and Switzerland are complete. Time for LIVE action. Who will get to face Morocco in the FIFA World Cup 2022 quarter-finals?
Switzerland’s Group G results at FIFA World Cup 2022
Beat Cameroon 1-0
Lost to Brazil 1-0
Beat Serbia 3-2
Portugal’s Group H results at FIFA World Cup 2022
Beat Ghana 3-2
Beat Uruguay 2-0
Lost to South Korea 2-1
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.
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.