Overview
- Portugal’s defeat postpones automatic qualification for the 2026 World Cup and pushes the outcome to a final qualifier against Armenia.
- An initial yellow for an elbow on Dara O’Shea was upgraded to red after VAR around the hour mark, the first sending-off of Ronaldo’s international career.
- Portugal remains top of Group F on 10 points, two ahead of Hungary and three ahead of Ireland after Thursday’s matches.
- Hungary beat Armenia 1-0 in Yerevan, and Ireland’s win moved them to third place with seven points.
- Portugal’s night was compounded by absences, with Nuno Mendes injured and Bruno Fernandes suspended, and Ronaldo will miss at least the next match through suspension.