Cristiano Ronaldo, as yet recouping from his EURO 2016 last knee damage, was painfully missed as Portugal slipped to their first aggressive thrashing under chief Fernando Santos.
The European champions started their 2018 World Cup qualifying effort with a 2-0 annihilation to Group B rivals Switzerland, who finished the match with ten men. Santos had explored Portugal through fourteen non-accommodating matches without misfortune, winning Euro 2016 simultaneously, yet that run arrived at an end at St Jakob-Park on Tuesday.
Portugal began splendidly and brought on the hosts a lot of issues in the opening minutes.
João Moutinho slipped a trademark through-ball into Eder's way, the capable striker sprinted forward yet took a touch on the ball that left him at a cumbersome point and he couldn't get his shot on target.
A perfect passing move then had Swiss shields pursuing shadows, with Bernardo Silva volleying towards the net yet directly at goalkeeper Sommer.
The early great work was fixed in a five moment spell halfway through the main half. Out of nothing, the home side led the pack when Rodriguez hit a 25 meters free-kick that Rui Patrício could just repel and young sensation Embolo responded speediest to head the free ball into the net.
After five minutes and it deteriorated for Portugal as a quick counter-assault prompted Seferovic curtailing into the crate where Mehmedi was left absolutely unmarked.
He had room schedule-wise to control the ball and pick his spot, giving Patrício no possibility as his shot flew into the back of the net.
The home side played in a more protective way after the restart and smothered Portugal, who had an extraordinary opportunity to lessen the overdue debts eight minutes from time however Nani's header, from a Ricardo Quaresma cross, hit the post.
Switzerland's Granit Xhaka was rejected after two yellow cards with hardly a pause in between in second-half stoppage time.
The Arsenal midfielder is known for his evil order on the pitch and this was his seventh red card since April 2014.
On the off chance that Portugal need motivation in their coming matches they require just take a gander at EURO 2016.
That qualifying effort started with an annihilation to Albania, and we as a whole know how the competition finished.
Somewhere else in the gathering Latvia, who play Portugal at the Algarve Stadium in November, won 1-0 in Andorra while the Faroe Islands shockingly held Hungary to a goalless draw.
Portugal began splendidly and brought on the hosts a lot of issues in the opening minutes.
João Moutinho slipped a trademark through-ball into Eder's way, the capable striker sprinted forward yet took a touch on the ball that left him at a cumbersome point and he couldn't get his shot on target.
A perfect passing move then had Swiss shields pursuing shadows, with Bernardo Silva volleying towards the net yet directly at goalkeeper Sommer.
The early great work was fixed in a five moment spell halfway through the main half. Out of nothing, the home side led the pack when Rodriguez hit a 25 meters free-kick that Rui Patrício could just repel and young sensation Embolo responded speediest to head the free ball into the net.
After five minutes and it deteriorated for Portugal as a quick counter-assault prompted Seferovic curtailing into the crate where Mehmedi was left absolutely unmarked.
He had room schedule-wise to control the ball and pick his spot, giving Patrício no possibility as his shot flew into the back of the net.
The home side played in a more protective way after the restart and smothered Portugal, who had an extraordinary opportunity to lessen the overdue debts eight minutes from time however Nani's header, from a Ricardo Quaresma cross, hit the post.
Switzerland's Granit Xhaka was rejected after two yellow cards with hardly a pause in between in second-half stoppage time.
The Arsenal midfielder is known for his evil order on the pitch and this was his seventh red card since April 2014.
On the off chance that Portugal need motivation in their coming matches they require just take a gander at EURO 2016.
That qualifying effort started with an annihilation to Albania, and we as a whole know how the competition finished.
Somewhere else in the gathering Latvia, who play Portugal at the Algarve Stadium in November, won 1-0 in Andorra while the Faroe Islands shockingly held Hungary to a goalless draw.
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