Portugal beat Ireland in injury-time in World Cup qualifier

Portugal support winning grounds successful qualifying, contempt Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half punishment miss against Ireland.

Portugal’s Ruben Neves scored a stoppage-time extremity to snatch a 1-0 triumph implicit Ireland, which preserved Portugal’s 100 percent grounds successful World Cup qualifying Group F and consolidated the apical spot.

Portugal moved to 9 points astatine the halfway signifier of the campaign, with a five-point pb implicit second-placed Hungary, who they big connected Tuesday, erstwhile they could unafraid qualification.

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Neves headed location a infinitesimal into added clip connected Saturday astatine the Estadio Jose Alvalade for his archetypal planetary goal.

It was a poignant tribute to adjacent person Diogo Jota, who died successful a car mishap successful July and whose No 21 jersey Neves wore successful Portugal’s archetypal location crippled since the Liverpool player’s death.

Cristiano Ronaldo had a punishment saved earlier successful the lucifer arsenic Ireland threatened to clasp the hosts to a draw, but the precocious onslaught kept the Irish astatine the bottommost of the standings with 1 point.