FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS (UEFA) : PORTUGAL VS HUNGARY – 09/09/2025 (PHOTO – RONALDO SCORES FOR PORTUGAL)

IT WAS HUNGARY’S BARNABAS VARGA WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING AT 21 MINS., (BELOW)

AT THE PUSKAS ARENA ON TUESDAY, (WHICH WAS TO BE THE 1ST GOAL OF A BRILLIANT BRACE), WHICH WAS FOLLOWED 15 MINS. LATER BY A SUPERB EQUALISER FROM PORTUGAL’S BERNARDO SILVA AT 36 MINS.  (BELOW)

SO IT WAS EVEN-STEVEN’S AT HALF-TIME!  

AND THEN AT 58 MINS. RONALDO SCORED A STUNNER FROM A PENALTY, (HIS 141ST GOAL IN 223 APPEARANCES FOR PORTUGAL WHICH IS THE MOST BY ANY MALE PLAYER FOR THE COUNTRY.) 

AND THEN IT WAS BACK OVER TO HUNGARY’S BARNABAS VARGA TO EQUALISE AT 84 MINS., WITH THE SECOND GOAL OF HIS BRACE! (BELOW)

PORTUGAL MADE 697 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 6 CORNERS AND 15 SHOTS WITH 7 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A FINAL BEAUT FROM JOAO CANCELO AT 86 MINS, WHICH SEALED THE WIN FOR PORTUGAL. (BELOW)

HUNGARY MADE 313 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 1 CORNER, PLUS 5 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON-TARGET (WHICH WERE THE AFOREMENTIONED STUNNERS FROM BARNABAS VARGA), SO WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, THIS EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO PORTUGAL.

RONALDO ALSO SCORED 2 GOALS, IN PORTUGAL’S 5 – 0 WIN OVER ARMENIA ON SATURDAY WHICH LEAVES THEM AT THE TOP OF GROUP F.  HUNGARY ARE THIRD ON ONE POINT, ALONGSIDE THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.