Story highlights
Ronaldo still out with knee injury
Swiss scored twice within 30 minutes
CNN
—
Portugal always manages to land at European Championships and World Cups, and won Euro 2016 in France in July.
That’s not to say qualifying is always easy – Portugal has a history of needing the playoffs to lock down a spot – and if Tuesday is any indication, it could be another bumpy ride for the national team.
- Source:
CNN
"
data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160711040357-portugal-euro-win-davies-hargreaves-interview-00025113.jpg?q=x_327,y_72,h_739,w_1314,c_crop/h_540,w_960" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160711040357-portugal-euro-win-davies-hargreaves-interview-00025113.jpg?q=x_327,y_72,h_739,w_1314,c_crop/h_540,w_960" } }"
data-vr-video="false"
data-show-html=""
data-byline-html="
"
data-timestamp-html="
Published
6:58 PM EDT, Tue September 6, 2016
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2016-07-11T08:12:37Z"
data-video-section="tv"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/07/11/portugal-euro-win-davies-hargreaves-interview.cnn"
data-branding-key="euro-2016"
data-video-slug="portugal euro win davies hargreaves interview"
data-first-publish-slug="portugal euro win davies hargreaves interview"
data-video-tags="europe,football (american),france,portugal,southern europe,sports and recreation,western europe"
data-details="">
Portugal beat France despite loss of Ronaldo
Without multiple Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, who is still nursing the knee injury he picked up in the Euro 2016 final against France, Portugal fell 2-0 to Switzerland to begin its Group B qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The Swiss realistically secured all three points after half an hour. Breel Embolo scored on a rebound in the 23rd minute and Admir Mehmedi doubled the advantage with a fine finish in the 30th minute in Basel.
- Source:
CNN
"
data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160711140829-portugal-fan-crying-france-fan-orig-00000013.jpg?q=x_0,y_0,h_1080,w_1919,c_fill/h_540,w_960" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/160711140829-portugal-fan-crying-france-fan-orig-00000013.jpg?q=x_0,y_0,h_1080,w_1919,c_fill/h_540,w_960" } }"
data-vr-video="false"
data-show-html=""
data-byline-html="
"
data-timestamp-html="
Published
6:58 PM EDT, Tue September 6, 2016
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2016-07-11T13:16:25Z"
data-video-section="sport"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2016/07/11/portugal-fan-crying-france-fan-orig.cnn"
data-branding-key="euro-2016"
data-video-slug="portugal fan crying france fan orig"
data-first-publish-slug="portugal fan crying france fan orig"
data-video-tags="europe,fifa,football (soccer),france,portugal,soccer events,southern europe,sports and recreation,sports events,sports organizations and teams,uefa,uefa european championship,western europe"
data-details="">
Camera catches touching moment when boy consoles fan
Switzerland had midfielder Granit Xhaka sent off for picking up two yellow cards but by that time – injury time in the second half – it was too late for Portugal to think of a comeback.
Portugal had warmed up for the game by routing Gibraltar 5-0 in a friendly last week.
