Goncalo Ramos The Man who Replaced Ronaldo & Scored a Hat-trick
Before kick-off, all the talk was about Cristiano Ronaldo being dropped. By full-time, it was all about Goncalo Ramos.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
The cameras were fixed on Portugal's all-time record goalscorer, whose reaction to being replaced during his nation's previous match had irritated manager Fernando Santos, as he took his place among the substitutes for the last-16 match against Switzerland at the World Cup in Qatar.
The bench was surrounded by photographers desperate to snap a picture of a discontented Ronaldo, absent from a Portugal starting XI at a major tournament for the first time since 2008.
But attention soon switched to the action on the pitch, as his 21-year-old replacement seized his chance with a wonderful hat-trick in statement 6-1 victory.
When Portugal's coach Santos took the decision to demote Ronaldo to the bench for the match, he could not have hoped for a better outcome.
Not only did his side score six goals in a World Cup knockout match, but the young man he called upon to step up delivered three goals on the biggest night of his career.
At 21 years and 169 days old, Ramos is the youngest player to score a World Cup hat-trick since Hungary's Florian Albert in 1962.
The Benfica forward required just 17 minutes to announce himself in Qatar as he took one touch before blasting the ball past Switzerland keeper Yann Sommer at the near post to get Portugal up and running.
He all but ended the match as a contest shortly after half-time with a delicate second, nipping in at the near post to meet Diogo Dalot's low cross and make it 3-0.
A no-look pass assisted Raphael Guerreiro before Ramos sealed his stunning treble - the first of this World Cup - with an assured chip over Sommer.
Replaced after 74 minutes, he ended the match having had the most shots (six), shots on target (five) and touches in the opposition box (six), in addition to his three goals from an expected goals value of 1.28.
As Ramos was substituted, ex-England goalkeeper Robert Green said on BBC Radio 5 Live: "That was spectacular by Goncalo Ramos. The performance of the World Cup so far, with everything that went on around it."
