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 It has become a topic of discussion when Portugal's star player Cristiano Ronaldo was not fed during the football World Cup match against Switzerland.Earlier, his English club Manchester United indicated that they no longer need Ronaldo. Now in the ongoing World Cup in Qatar, Portugal has given a similar signal by sitting them out.The Portugal coach's experiment with Ronaldo on the bench was also successful and Portugal defeated Switzerland 6-1. Now, on Saturday night, Portugal will face Morocco in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.Coach Santos replaced Ronaldo with young player Goncalo Ramos in the final group match against South Korea. The decision was heavily criticized but feeding Ramos turned out to be a jackpot for the coach.Ramos scored a stunning hat-trick against Switzerland to garner plenty of plaudits.The 37-year-old Ronaldo has been in trouble for some time now. His association with Manchester United ended in a row.

And now the Portugal team has done the unthinkable.Portugal left Ronaldo out of the starting lineup for soccer's biggest tournament on Tuesday.It was certainly one of the boldest decisions ever made regarding the selection of a player in a World Cup. It was also the biggest decision of Santos' eight-year coaching career as Portugal coach.

Santos is also credited with winning Euro 2016. They must have an idea of ​​how big a change they are going to make. If Portugal had lost, the blame for being out of the World Cup would have been on Cristiano Ronaldo and not on Santos.

Despite this, the determination on Santos' face was evident during the match. On the other hand, Portugal looked more agile and dangerous in the match. While in such matches, all eyes are often on Ronaldo.

In the match against Switzerland, Portugal was playing brilliantly thanks to midfielders like Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes.Benfica's 21-year-old striker Ramos was an unknown player until now.Even the highly talented Joao Felix, who played a bit subdued earlier, was seen playing with freedom. Ramos' hat-trick came in a very clean manner.Prior to this game, Ronaldo had played 514 minutes in World Cup knockout football without scoring a single goal. But Ramos scored three goals in just 67 appearances.The 39-year-old Pepe also showed that age does not matter for Santos. While he scored two goals, Ramos showed that he can score as well as score. Rafael Guerrero scored the fourth goal to make the score 4-0.