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Pepe and Gonçalo Ramos have reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup with Portugal against Switzerland.
SOCCER – One of those eight teams will succeed France on Sunday 18 December in Doha. And the good news is that the Blues are still in the running for an unprecedented double in 60 years. Kylian Mbappé’s team-mates play England in the final quarter-finals of this World Cup on Saturday at 8pm. The meeting will be broadcast on TF1 and beIN Sports.
A few hours earlier, Portugal will have challenged Morocco (again on TF1 and beIN Sports). Because yes, that’s the lesson of this Tuesday, December 6th, Morocco will have the opportunity to become the first African team to qualify for the semi-finals of a World Cup. And after Spain dominated the penalty shootout, it’s the Portuguese who stand in the way of the Atlas Lions.
With Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench at the start, the Seleçao easily measured against Switzerland (6-1) in what was probably the most balanced round of 16. His substitute Gonçalo Ramos also scored a hat-trick, which was joined by goals from Pepe, Raphaël Guerreiro and Rafael Leao. Switzerland only saved the honor through Manuel Akanji.
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Portugal, who last qualified for the quarter-finals, are the fifth European selection to make the top eight and perhaps the ones who have made the strongest impression so far. He joins France, England, Croatia and the Netherlands. South America has two representatives (Argentina and Brazil), while Africa has a team (Morocco) for only the fourth time in 22 editions.
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