The Latest Breaking News from Fernando Santos

Portugal captain was also dropped from the starting lineup for the last-16 match against Switzerland.

Youssef En-Nesyri’s header in the 42nd minute proved to be the difference for the Atlas Lions in a quarterfinal win over Portugal.

Portugal and Morocco will square off in the last eight of the World Cup after previously met at the last tournament four years ago, where Fernando Santos lamented their performance

Gareth Southgate’s men are bidding to reach the last four for the third major tournament in a row

After the shocking Quarter Finals on "Fantastic Friday," with Croatia beating Brazil and the Netherlands sent off by Argentina, will the last eight games between Portugal and Morocco as well as England and France bring us a "Sizzling Saturday"? A "Scintillating Saturday? "Super Saturday" seems plain humdrum really.

Only one South American giant made it through to the last four in Qatar.

Cristiano Ronaldo did not threaten to leave the World Cup after being dropped from the starting lineup to play Switzerland in the round of 16, Portugal coach Fernando Santos said Friday. Santos did acknowledge his star player was “not happy” to be told he was not in the starting lineup…

The Portugal captain was left out against Switzerland and watched his replacement Goncalo Ramos score a hat-trick.

The 37-year-old was left on the bench for his country’s 6-1 last-16 win over Switzerland by boss Fernando Santos