Goncalo Ramos grabbed the first hat trick of the 2022 World Cup as Portugal stormed to a 6-1 victory over Switzerland. The Benfica forward was called into the squad ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and repaid Fernandos Santos’ faith with a remarkable performance at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. Ramos opened the scoring with a superb strike into the roof from Joao Felix’s assist in the 17th minute before former Real Madrid defender Pepe added the second with a powerful header into the roof of Yann Sommer’s net. The Swiss struggled to keep pace with Portugal’s attacks and would find themselves further…
Author: Karanja Jackson
Morocco beat Spain 3-0 on penalties to advance to the last eight of the tournament Spain had three penalties saved as Luis Enrique’s men struggled to find a way past the Atlas Lions The North African side had never qualified past the round of 16 in the World Cup Morocco beat Spain 3-0 in a thrilling penalty shootout to secure a place in the quarterfinals. Spain had dominated possession from the start of the game but failed to find their way past the Moroccans. Despite having the lion’s share of the ball, Luis Enrique’s men struggled to have their passes…
Japan bows out of the World Cup tournament on penalties. Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three of the Samurai Blues to steer the Vatreni to the quarter-finals
The defending champions progress to the quarterfinals after beating Poland 3-1. Mbappe netted a brace as the French side made easy work of the Poles
Mbappe scores twice as the world champions progress to the round of 16 France beat Denmark 2-1 thanks to a brace by Kylian Mbappe to be the first team to qualify for the round of 16. The PSG star steered the French to register a crucial win that sees the world champions progress to the round of 16. Didier Deschamps’ side began the second half bright after a series of wasted opportunities in the first half and got the opener in the 61st minute when Mbappe played a brilliant one-two with Theo Hernandez and found the back of the net.…
Cody Gakpo put the Dutch ahead in the opening minutes of the first half. South Americans rally in the second half to grab a crucial point

