In the 1/8 finals of the World Cup in Qatar, Portugal will play against Switzerland in Lusail.
PortugalFernando Santos' team confidently passed the group stage and eventually won Group N. In their last match at the group stage, which was on December second, Portugal played without much motivation and lost to South Korea with a score of 1:
2. At the same time, the team of Fernando Santos started the match very actively and already in the fifth minute opened the account in this confrontation, with the transfer of Diogo Dalot, Ricardo Horta sent the ball into the opponent's goal. Then Portugal mostly tried to play by the score, but in the end, already in the 27th minute, South Korea was able to win back. The teams went to the break with an equal score. In the second half of the match, Portugal and South Korea showed approximately equal football, but in the end many moments were not realized. But, at 90 + 1 minutes, South Korea scored the second goal and then played the score correctly.
As a result, Portugal scored six points in three rounds and won Group H due to Uruguay's victory over Ghana.
SwitzerlandMurat Yakin's team, in turn, got out of the group in the World Cup playoffs with much more difficulty.
Switzerland beat Serbia 3-2 in the decisive match, which was on the second of December, in a very stubborn struggle. Jerdan Shaqiri opened the score in the match in the 20th minute with a pass from Djibril Sou. However, already in the 26th minute Serbia scored the second goal. In the 35th minute, Serbia had already scored the second goal, but Switzerland showed character and fought back before the break. In the 44th minute, the second goal was sent to the opponent's goal by Brel Embolo, who was assisted by Silvan Widmer. At the break, the teams left with an equal score, but at the very beginning of the second half, Switzerland took the lead again. In the 48th minute, Remo Froiler scored the third goal against Serbia, and Ruben Vargas scored an assist. Then Switzerland was able to play quite competently on the score and eventually make it to the World Cup playoffs.
Switzerland eventually scored six points and took second place in Group G, while Murat Yakin's team lost to Brazil only in additional indicators.
Switzerland and Portugal played each other twice in June in the UEFA Nations League. Portugal won a crushing victory with a score of 4:0 on its own field, but in the return match Switzerland already took revenge with a score of 1:0 on its own field.
ForecastIn this match, Portugal is quite rightly considered by the bookmakers to be a clear favorite.
Although Murat Yakin's team shows quite high-quality football, but still here we also offer you to bet on Portugal.
