Portugal without Ronaldo outclassed Armenia and qualified for the World Cup, the Republic of Ireland shocked the Hungarians in the 96th and made the play-offs

Portugal beat Armenia 9-1, Republic of Ireland beat Hungary 3-2 away

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Portugal national team, Photo: Reuters
Portugal national team, Photo: Reuters
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After England, France and Croatia, the fourth European team to secure a place in the World Cup is Portugal.

Portugal defeated Armenia (9:1) in Porto today and qualified for the seventh consecutive World Cup. The Portuguese have participated in every World Cup in the 21st century.

Roberto Martinez's team filled Armenia's net by halftime today, so after 45 minutes it was 5:1, with Renato Veiga, Gonzalo Ramos, Bruno Fernandes scoring from the penalty spot and Joao Neves scoring twice, while Spersyan was the scorer for Armenia.

Portugal played at their best in the second half, with Fernandes scoring two more goals and Neves scoring one, both completing a hat-trick, while Francisco Conceição set the final score.

Cristiano Ronaldo was not in the team today, having received a red card in the previous round against the Republic of Ireland.

The Republic of Ireland, which defeated Hungary (3:2) in Budapest, advances to the play-offs from second place in Group F.

After the first half, Hungary led 2:1 with goals from Lukač and Varga, while Perot scored for the visitors.

And then in the 80th minute Perot equalized, and in the 96th minute he took advantage of the poor positioning of the Hungarian defenders, completed a hat-trick and took Ireland to the play-offs.

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