Cristiano Ronaldo hit the post + missed a penalty kick, the Wizards scored in the 91st minute! 1-0, Portugal won 6 consecutive victories

In the early morning of October 12, Group F of the European World Cup preliminaries staged a focus match, with Portugal playing at home against Ireland. In this campaign, Cristiano Ronaldo hit the post from a long distance and missed a penalty kick. Seat B wasted an empty goal opportunity. Neves scored a header in stoppage time. Portugal defeated its opponent 1-0 without any danger.

Portugal is ranked 5th in the latest FIFA rankings. It has won the first two games in the world preliminaries and currently ranks first. Ireland is ranked 61st in FIFA. It has one draw and one loss in the two world preliminaries, temporarily ranking last.

Portugal continues to use the 4231 formation in this game, with Ronaldo as the center, B Fee, B seat, Neto, Vitinha and Ruben Neves in the midfield, Mendes as the left back, Conceicao and Leo sitting on the bench.

In the 17th minute, Ronaldo shot hard from outside the penalty area, but Kelleher was beyond his reach. The ball hit the post and bounced out. Facing the empty goal in seat B, his supplementary shot missed!

In the 30th minute, Neves made a pass from the right, and Ronaldo grabbed the point in the middle. Unfortunately, his header missed and the ball slipped past the goal. In the 40th minute, B Fei passed a corner kick. Inacio headed forward and hit the goal. Kelleher responded with a brilliant save, but Portugal still failed to break the deadlock.

In stoppage time, Neto broke through at high speed from the right and made a pass. He shot from close range in front of the B seat, but was blocked again by his opponent. In the first half, Portugal had the upper hand and failed to score, taking 12 shots without any success.

Changing sides and fighting again, Portugal continues to suppress its opponents. In the 53rd minute, Fee B made a pass from the front of the penalty area. Ronaldo stopped the ball and volleyed, but it missed the post. In the 60th minute, Seat B knocked back in an inverted triangle, Fee B cleverly missed the ball, Vitinha took a long shot, and Kelleher flew to save the ball.

In the 70th minute, Trincang passed a straight pass from the right, Semedo made a pass, and Ronaldo outflanked and fired, and missed the ball again.

In the 73rd minute, Trincon shot hard in the penalty area, and O'Shea committed a handball foul.

In the 75th minute, Ronaldo chose to hit the center, and Kelleher stretched his legs to block the ball. On this night, Haaland, Ferran Torres, Retegui and Ronaldo all missed penalty kicks!

In the 91st minute, Portugal finally broke the deadlock:

Trincao cut in from the right and made a 45° pass. Neves scored with a header before Kelleher, 1-0!

In the 92nd minute, Leo ran long distance and shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area, but missed the right post. Portugal failed to seal the victory.

In the end, Portugal defeated Ireland 1-0, scoring all 3 points without any danger, ushering in 3 consecutive wins in the world preliminaries, and continuing to remain at the top of the list. In addition, Portugal has won 6 consecutive victories in all competitions. The only flaw is that Ronaldo failed to score, and the record of scoring goals in 5 consecutive games for the national team came to an abrupt end.