Reds help Portugal reach 2022 World Cup quarter-finals

Tuesday 06 December 2022 21:00

Manchester United duo Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes helped Portugal sweep aside Switzerland to reach the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup.

The Reds pair both started and were key in their nation’s 6-1 victory at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar. 

Fernandes crossed for Pepe to make it 2-0 in the first half before Dalot laid a ball on a plate for Goncalo Ramos to score the second of his three goals on the evening, shortly after the break.

 

Ramos netted the opener in the 17th minute, firing into the roof of the net, before Pepe connected with a Fernandes corner from the right to make it a two-goal advantage just after the half-hour mark. 

The cross was our no.8’s fifth goal involvement of the tournament – second to only France’s Kylian Mbappe (seven) – following his two assists in Portugal’s opener v Ghana and his brace in their matchday-two win over Uruguay. 

After half-time, fellow Red Dalot got in on the act, teeing up Ramos to make it 3-0, moments before Raphael Guerreiro got the fourth of the game for the Portuguese. 

Manuel Akanji pulled one back for Switzerland, but it was Benfica’s Ramos who was on target again next, becoming the first player to score a hat-trick at the 2022 tournament, when his delicate dink found the net with just over 20 minutes to go. Substitute Rafael Leao then completed the rout for Portugal with their sixth goal, in stoppage time.
The triumph sets up a quarter-final tie with Morocco on Saturday (15:00 GMT), after the African nation knocked out Spain earlier in the day on penalties, following a 0-0 draw after 120 minutes. 

Dalot and Fernandes’s progression means that there are United players representing six of the eight nations still left in the tournament, with Croatia and Morocco the exceptions.
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2022 WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL FIXTURES

FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER 

Croatia v Brazil (15:00)
Netherlands v Argentina (19:00)

SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 

Morocco v Portugal (15:00)
England v France (19:00)

All times are listed in GMT.

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