Cristiano Ronaldo, the striker of the Portuguese national team, was not included in the starting team for the match against Switzerland in the 1/8 finals of the world championship held in Qatar.

Apasport.az reports that for the first time since 2008, the 37-year-old Portuguese could not make it to the 11th.

He sat on the bench in the last match of the group stage against Switzerland, one of the hosts of the 2008 European Championship.

Until that match, the Portuguese, who qualified for the 1/4 finals, lost in the formal match with the score of 0:2.

It is interesting that both goals were scored by Hakan Yakin, the brother of Murat Yakin, who is now the head coach of the Swiss national team.

In general, Ronaldo has played 31 consecutive World Cup and European Championship matches so far.

It should be noted that the winner of the Portugal-Switzerland match will play against Morocco in the 1/4 finals.