The Lusos and the Red Crosses will officially face each other for the third time in 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Félix and company will seek to qualify Portugal to the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, an instance in which the winner of the confrontation between Spain and Morocco will be measured.
But first the Portuguese will have to beat Switzerland, an opponent with whom they have historically been quite even in official matches.
The most recent precedents for both nations date from this year, since in June they collided for the UEFA Nations League. In Lisbon, Portugal prevailed with a 4-0 win (Double by Cristiano Ronaldo and goals by Joao Cancelo and William Carvalho) while in Geneva, Switzerland won 1-0 with a target by Haris Seferović.
In the 21st century they played 6 duels with three wins for each side. Switzerland won one of the most important in Euro 2008 with a 2-0 result.
Portugal and Switzerland, for the epic
The best position that Portugal has achieved in the World Cup has been a fourth place, and it did so in Germany 2006. Now, it will seek to reach the penultimate instance of the tournament for the third time in its history.
For its part, Switzerland has just won two of its three games in the group stage and intends to achieve three victories for the first time in the same edition of the championship.
What is almost guaranteed in the match is a goal from the team led by Fernando Santos, as the Portuguese have opened the scoring in eight of their last nine World Cup matches. However, the last time was in the recent clash against South Korea which ended in defeat.
The match will take place on Monday, December 6 at the Lusail Stadium. The broadcast in the United States will be carried out by Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, FOX Sports App, Futbol de Primera Radio, Foxsports.com, SiriusXM FC, Peacock, UFORIA App, Sling, Telemundo, FOX Network.