Portugal’s Goncalo Ramos celebrates after scoring the hat-trick in opposition to Switzerland in FIFA World Cup. AP
It was an evening to recollect for Goncalo Ramos on Tuesday because the 21-year-old ahead, changing Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal’s beginning XI, scored the primary hat-trick of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Portugal’s thumping 6-1 win over Switzerland to achieve the quarter-finals in Qatar.
Goncalo Ramos opened the scoring on the night time for Portugal together with his first purpose within the seventeenth minute. He added two extra within the 51st and in 67th minutes respectively.
Let’s discover out why Ronaldo was benched and who’s the most recent Portugal sensation, Goncalo Ramos.
Who’s Goncalo Ramos?
Born in Olhao in Portugal, Ramos performs for Benfica as a ahead in Primeira Liga. He at the moment leads the scoring chart within the Portuguese league with 9 objectives from 11 video games. General, he has scored 20 objectives in 45 matches for Benfica. Ramos is a product of Benfica’s youth academy.
Coming to worldwide soccer, Ramos had by no means performed for Portugal earlier than being chosen for the FIFA World Cup squad in November. And he solely made it to the squad because of an harm to Liverpool ahead Diogo Jota.
His worldwide debut got here final month in a pleasant in opposition to Nigeria earlier than the World Cup.
Ramos was given the No 26 shirt within the 26-man squad and performed for just a few minutes as a late substitute in Portugal’s group wins over Ghana and Uruguay. He had zero makes an attempt on purpose in these video games.
“Not even in my wildest goals did I take into consideration being a part of the beginning staff for the knockout stage,” Ramos stated after being named participant of the match as Portugal decimated Switzerland.
Why was Ronaldo benched?
Portugal coach Fernando Santos stated after the match that the choice to bench Ronaldo for the essential final 16 match in opposition to Switzerland was “strategic and nothing extra”. Whereas Ronaldo has been struggling in Qatar, with just one purpose up to now, one can’t ignore his indignant reactions after he was substituted within the final group sport in opposition to South Korea.
Ronaldo was seen reacting angrily after Santos substituted him.
Earlier than the Switzerland sport, Santos was requested to react to how Ronaldo had responded to his substitution. He stated: “I didn’t prefer it in any respect. I didn’t prefer it in any respect.”
After the Switzerland sport, Santos praised Ronaldo and stated his determination was taken to strategically profit the staff.
“I stated that it was closed and it was closed. Cristiano Ronaldo is without doubt one of the finest gamers on this planet taking part in professionally and as a captain … so we’ve got to only take into consideration this staff collectively,” he stated.
Ronaldo was used for a quick whereas in opposition to Switzerland after he got here on within the 73rd minute as a alternative for Joao Felix.
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