Teams meet on Tuesday as Switzerland seek unprecedented quarter-final qualification for the first time since 1954
One of the most experienced players in the Swissthe sock Xherdan Shaqiri said the round of 16 are against Portugalwill require a high degree of concentration from your team as it is a game of world Cup🇧🇷 “This is not the League of Nations. The pressure will be on and it will be important to see how our players handle it.”
Portugal and Switzerland recently met for the League of Nations and, in this duel, the Portuguese won. Shaqiri, however, ensures that now the situation is different.
And to surpass striker Cristiano Ronaldo’s team, the Chicago Fire player demands a well-above-average performance to meet his goal of reaching the quarter-finals of the world cup.
“Portugal are a good team and are the favorites in this match, but we know our qualities and we will try to give them a lot of problems. We need to have a special performance from the whole group because we are Switzerland,” he said.
Based on collective play, Shaqiri says the Swiss are capable of establishing themselves on the pitch. “When we act as a team, we are successful. We have to stick together and reach the top level to seek the table,” she commented.
Switzerland faced Brazil in the qualifying stage and secured the round of 16 by going as runners-up in the group. Portugal, on the other hand, qualified for this knockout stage as leaders of Group H. The two teams will meet this Tuesday, at 16:00 (Brasilia time) at the Lusail stadium.
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