Overview
- Portugal were held 2-2 by Hungary in Lisbon, with Attila Szalai opening the scoring, Cristiano Ronaldo replying with a first-half brace, and Dominik Szoboszlai leveling in stoppage time.
- Ronaldo’s double moved him to 41 World Cup qualifying goals, the most all time, and to 143 for Portugal across his international career.
- The draw leaves Portugal top of Group F on 10 points from four games, five clear of Hungary, and needing results in November to secure an automatic World Cup place.
- Republic of Ireland beat Armenia 1-0 to sit one point behind second-placed Hungary, keeping the race for the group’s top spots alive.
- Elsewhere on Tuesday, England qualified with a 5-0 win over Latvia, and South Africa, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Qatar (2-1 vs UAE) and Saudi Arabia also sealed berths for the 2026 finals.