Portugal made light work of Switzerland on Tuesday with a 6-1 resounding victory that books them a place in the last eight of the World Cup in Qatar.
Goncalo Ramos made history on a night star man Cristiano Ronaldo was on the bench as he scored the first hat-trick in the tournament.
Goals from veteran Pepe, who also became the oldest player at 39 to score in the knockout stage of the World Cup, Raphael Guerriero and Rafael Leao completed the rout for the Portuguese.
Man City defender Manuel Akanji who has had a splendid tournament capped it off with a goal in the second half but that didn’t go beyond a consolation for Switzerland who were outplayed on the night.
Portugal will square up against Africa’s only-remaining representative, Morocco in the quarter finals.