Goncalo Ramos netted a magnificent hat-trick after being named as Cristiano Ronaldos shock replacement to inspire Portugal to a 6-1 World Cup romp against Switzerland. by leaving the leading goalscorer in history of international football on the bench. A 21-year-old making his first international start promptly stole the show and booked a quarterfinal showdown with Morocco.Ramos violently crashed a 17th-minute shot into the top corner before a man 18 years his senior, veteran centre-back Pepe, become the second-oldest goalscorer at the World Cup behind Cameroon great Roger Milla.There was nothing backward looking or nostalgic about this Portugal side, though, as Ramos and Raphael Guerriero put the Morgan Burnett Jersey game to bed early in the second half. After Manuel Akanji, one of Switzerlands bedraggled defenders, pulled one back, Ramos secured the matchball and substitute Rafael Leao rifled home a show-stopping sixth.MORE: 1H 2H Final Portugal246Switzerland011Goals:POR Goncalo Ramos (Joao Felix) 17th min.POR Pepe (Bruno Fernandes) 33rd min.POR Goncalo Ramos (Diogo Dalot) 51st min.POR Raphael Guerriero (Goncalo Ramos) 55th min.SUI Manuel Akanji (Goncalo Ramos) 58th min.POR Goncalo Ramos (Joao Felix) 67th min.POR Rafael Leao (Raphael Guerriero) 90th min+2. 17' 51' 67' Goncalo Ramos strikes again to net the 49th hat trick in World Cup history.Thats also the first knockout stage hat-trick to be scored in the competition since Czech Republics Tomas Skuhravy vs Costa Rica in 1990. Sporting News Football Club (@sn_footballclub) Portugals attack played with freedom and verve from the start, wth Joao Felix at the heart of most of their best work. The Atletico Madrid forward slipped a pa s to Ramos and he was given space to score spectacularly from an acute angle.Fabian Schar struggled to the extent that he was substituted at halftime, by which point it already felt like there was no way back for Murat Yakins Switzerland. Pepe was left unattended after the half hour to power home Bruno Fernandes corner from the right.Santos also benched Joao Cancelo and his starting full-backs Diogo Dalot and Guerriero repaid his faith early in the second period. Manchester Uniteds Dalot provided a low cro s that Ramos deftly flicked home before Guerriero Larry Ogunjobi Jersey charged forward to thump high into the net as the centre-forward turned provider.Akanji smuggled home from a corner before the hour but there was no respite for Switzerland.Ramos brought the house down in the 67th minute, with Felix again majestically involved to tee him up for a cute dinked finish beyond Yann Sommer.Ronaldo entered the fray for the closing stages and saw fellow sub Leao cut in from the left to complete the scoring. Perhaps Portugal can finally go all the way, with Ronaldo relegated to the supporting cast.MORE: Confirmed starting lineups: Portugal lineup (4-3-2-1, right to left): 22. Diogo Costa (GK) 2. Diogo Dalot, 3. Pepe, Phillip Gaines Jersey 4. Ruben Dias, 5. RaphaelGuerriero 10. Bernardo Silva, 25. Otavio, 14. William Carvalho 8. Bruno Fernandes, 11. Joao Felix 25. Goncalo Ramos.Switzerland lineup(4-2-3-1): 1. Sommer (GK) 2. Fernandes, 22. Schar, 4. Akanji, 13. Rodriguez 10. Xhaka, 8. Freuler 23. Shaqiri, 15. Sow, 17. Vargas 7. Embolo Fulltime: Well, well, well. What a night for Portugal, what a night for their hat-trick hero Goncalo Ramos and what a night for their head coach Fernando Santos, whose huge call to drop Cristiano Ronaldo has been vindicated to the tune of six goals. A usually reliable Switzerland team di solved in the face of a magnificent attacking display. Brazil served notice to the rest of the tournament by dismantling South Korea 4-1. In truth, this was a level up from that against a better side. A stunning evening that no one, not least Ronaldo, saw coming.90th+2 minute:GOOOAAALLLL!!!!! Rafael Leao!!!!!Six of the best for Portugal. Guerriero slips a pa s to Leao, who cuts in from the left and curls a finish acro s Sommer, who weirdly just seems to wave it in. This has been abysmal from Switzerland.SIX FOR PORTUGAL Rafael Leo scores a beauty FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) Even Leao's joined the party!! This Portugal side are going to take some stopping! How far do you think they can get...? | ITV Football (@itvfootball) 87th minute: Rafael Leao, who would have been many people's pick to replace Ronaldo, replaces Fernandes, who has also been superb.84th minute: Ronaldo has the ball in the net but he was clearly JC Tretter Jersey offside.83rd minute: Xhaka coughs up po se sion near the centre circle. Bernardo overhits the attempted throughball to Ronaldo.80th minute: Embolo flicks one up to himself and tries an overhead kick, as if to underline the point that he's been playing Portugal on his own at times tonight.76th minute: Bernardo wins a free-kick. Ronaldo stands over it, and does the whole routine. The big steps back, the exaggerated breaths. He smacks it about halfway up the wall. A bit of a sad spectacle.73rd minute: Here comes Ronaldo, Pepe fixes the armband to his bicep. His introduction gets more of a cheer than Ramos coming off, which is ridiculous. Grow up, the lot of you. Horta and Vitinha are also on for Octavio and the exemplary Joao Felix.70th minute: Lads, behave yourselves. Fernandes just fails to get on the end of Guerriero's volleyed cro s. It would have been an implausible goal. Portugal having so much fun out there.67th minute:GOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!! Goncalo Ramos!!!!!!Hat-trick for Ronaldo's replacement! More beautiful creative play Ray-Ray Armstrong Jersey from Joao Felix, who feeds it to Ramos for an implausibly composed dinked finish. That's the first hat-trick of the 2022 World Cup.HAT TRICK FOR RAMOSGonalo Ramos nets the first hat trick of the 2022 FIFA World Cup FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) HAT TRICK HERO!! Cristiano Ronaldo is going to struggle to re-gain his spot in the team after this performance... | ITV Football (@itvfootball) 64th minute: A large section of fans now chanting to see Ronaldo. Hard to know whether he'll like that or if it just makes him feel like he's rapidly become some sort of testimonial footballer.58th minute:GOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!! Manuel Akanji!!!!!!It's been a wretched night for Akanji and his defensive colleagues but the Manchester City defender is on hand to get Switzerland on t