Portugal faces Switzerland and is on the route of Spain and France – News
Portugal faces Switzerland in the ‘eighth’ of the 2022 World Cup, and, moving forward, will play with Spain or Morocco in the ‘quarter’ and, probably, France or England in the ‘half’, ‘leaving’ Argentina or Brazil for the Final.
As the winner of Group H, which they even managed to lose to South Korea (1-2), Portugal will play their first elimination game on Tuesday, at 7 pm (in Lisbon), in Lusail, against the Swiss.
The Swiss, who have never met Portugal in the final stages of a World Cup, died in second place F, after beating Serbia 3-2. With one more goal he had won the group and put the ‘canarinhos’ on the Portuguese path.
The Portuguese team already has an opponent in the ‘eighth’ and knows that, reaching the ‘quarter’, it only has two possibilities, Spain or Morocco, two brands that each faced twice in World Cups, namely in the group stage of 2018.
The formation of the ‘quinas’ fell to Spain by 1-0 in the ‘eighth round’ of the 2010 World Cup and tied for three in their debut in the 2018 World Cup, with three goals by Ronaldo, and, against Morocco, lost with a bang by 3-1 in the third round of the 1986 group stage and ‘avenged’ four years ago with a 1-0 victory, also sealed by the current ‘captain’, in the second round of the group stage.
The ‘quarter’ game will be played on Saturday, December 10, at 3:00 pm (in Lisbon), at the Al Thumama Stadium, in Doha, while the ‘eighth’ clash between Spaniards and Moroccans will take place on Tuesday. fair, at 3 pm (in Lisbon), in Al Rayyan.
As far as the semi-finals are concerned, it is certain that, if they get there for the third time, repeating 1966 and 2006, Portugal will dispute access to an unprecedented final on December 14, a Wednesday, at the Al Bayt Stadium, in Al Khor, at 7 pm (in Lisbon).
And, for that meeting, there are four possible opponents, the holder of the title France, England, champion in 1966 after having beaten Portugal in the ‘half’ (2-1, in Wembley), Senegal and Poland.
In the round of 16, the English face the Senegalese and the Gauls meet the Poles, with the winners of the respective matches – scheduled for Sunday – facing each other on December 10, at 7 pm (in Lisbon), in Al Khor.
As for the final, scheduled for December 18, at 3 pm (in Lisbon), in Lusail, Portugal can face Argentina, Brazil, the Netherlands, Croatia, Japan, the United States or Australia, or meet again South Korea.