The decisive contest between Portugal and Switzerland came to an end.

The courageous move by Portugal’s head coach Fernando Santos to start Ramos instead of their all-time leading scorer Cristiano Ronaldo paid off nicely for them. Portugal will play Morocco in their first appearance in the semifinals since 2006; Morocco defeated Spain 3-0 on penalties earlier on Tuesday.
Ramos gave Portugal the lead in the 17th minute of his first World Cup game with a brilliant shot, and their oldest player Pepe made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute with a strong header.
 source : goal.com To extend the advantage, Ramos scored his second goal in the 51st minute. Four minutes later, Raphael Guerreiro made it 4-0. The advantage proved to be too much for Switzerland in the end, despite their response to Manuel Akanji’s goal in the 58th minute. In the 67th minute, Ramos scored to complete his hat trick, and Portugal’s replacement Rafael Leao sealed the victory with a goal in stoppage time.Ramos had only played 10 minutes as a substitute in Qatar, but the kid gave Portugal, who did not miss Ronaldo – a late replacement who had a goal disallowed for offside – a remarkable performance.
Ramos gave the Portuguese the lead in the 17th minute by receiving a sharp feed from Joao Felix and firing the ball from a tight angle into the top corner.In the 33rd minute, Portugal’s captain Pepe increased their advantage by perfectly timing his leap to get above the two Swiss center-backs and head in a corner from Bruno Fernandes, giving Yann Sommer yet another difficult time.
The Portuguese led 2-0 at the break. The Swiss goalkeeper did well to stop Ramos from scoring his second goal of the half with a fingertip saves from a late counterattack.
Six minutes after the game’s restart, Diogo Dalot fired in a cross, but Sommer was powerless to stop Ramos from slipping the ball between his legs at the near post to give Portugal a 3-0 lead.With another flowing counterattack in which Ramos found Raphael Guerreiro in a tonne of space and the full-back hammered the ball past Sommer to make it 4-0 in the 55th, the Portuguese added insult to injury.Just before the hour mark, Manuel Akanji of Switzerland’s defense slipped in unnoticed at the far post from a corner to slip a shot home after Portugal failed to clear.
But when Ramos was put through on goal by Felix, a lively Portugal assault stormed back. Just when it appeared that Ramos had lost the ball with a clumsy touch, the striker chipped it over the charging Sommer to finish a well-deserved hat-trick.Substitute Then, in stoppage time of the second half, Rafael Leao added the cherry on top with a curling attempt into the far corner. Stranded Sommer’s shoulders dropped as he saw the ball sail past him and into the goal.