Fernando Santos has left Portugal after he failed to guide his country beyond the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Cup. Santos still departs a legend, having overseen their historic triumph at Euro 2016 – Portugal’s only major trophy to date. Portugal lit up the early stages in Qatar with some attacking football, but fell to tournament dark horses Morocco in the last eight.
Portugal have sacked manager Fernando Santos after they failed to progress beyond the 2022 World Cup quarter-finals.
Santos made headlines after dropping superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for the last 16 match with Switzerland, but his decision proved inspired as replacement Goncalo Ramos bagged a hat-trick in the 6-1 win.
But Portugal were undone in the last eight by stubborn Morocco, who defended valiantly for a 1-0 win to become the first African side in history to reach the World Cup semi-finals.
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