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Spain and Portugal, the two contenders for the title will have to be wary respectively of Morocco and Switzerland. Who determined on Tuesday to thwart the forecasts by confirming their good dynamics, in the eighth.
In the evening, Portugal will face Switzerland in an unprecedented confrontation in the World Cup.
But the two teams met last June in the League of Nations.
In Lisbon, the Portuguese had inflicted a 4-0 on the Swiss, with in particular a double from Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Switzerland won 1-0 in Geneva a week later.
Crowned European champion in 2016, Portugal has not reached the quarter-finals of a World Cup since 2006. Switzerland, subscribed to the eighth in the World Cup for three editions, wants to cross this milestone as it has done during the last Euro, by bringing down the French world champions.
Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portuguese in training, December 4, 2022 in Doha © PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP
First player to have scored at least once in five different editions of a World Cup, scoring a penalty against Ghana in the first game, Cristiano Ronaldo has not found his way to the goal since.
His team even lost on the wire in their last group match against South Korea (2-1).
The Swiss themselves beat the Serbs (3-2) after a game with twists and turns.
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