Ronaldo nets twice for Portugal in emotional World Cup qualifier in Armenia

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores doubly successful a 5-0 World Cup qualifying triumph successful Armenia arsenic Portugal retrieve Diogo Jota.

Published On 6 Sep 2025

Cristiano Ronaldo’s quest to play successful a grounds sixth World Cup has begun successful emblematic manner with 2 goals arsenic Portugal made a winning commencement to its qualifying run by routing Armenia 5-0.

The lucifer connected Saturday marked a poignant time for the Portuguese arsenic it was their archetypal planetary fixture since the decease of their guardant Diogo Jota successful a car clang successful July along with his member Andre Silva.

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The stadium fell quiescent arsenic some teams observed a infinitesimal of soundlessness earlier kickoff.

Ronaldo’s goals extended his grounds arsenic the highest scorer successful men’s planetary shot to 140 and underlined his enduring information to support mounting much benchmarks earlier his storied vocation comes to an end.

The 40-year-old shot large has precocious signed a caller declaration with Saudi Arabian nine Al Nassr and led Portugal to triumph astatine the UEFA Nations League successful June.

The players and officials basal for a minutes soundlessness successful tribute to Liverpool's Diogo Jota and his member Andre Silva earlier the match

The World Cup is the 1 large trophy that eludes him – leaving him down his large rival Lionel Messi, who lifted football’s biggest prize with Argentina successful 2022.

Next twelvemonth would apt beryllium Ronaldo’s past accidental to triumph it erstwhile the tourney is staged successful the United States, Canada and Mexico. Like him, Messi would besides beryllium playing astatine a sixth World Cup, mounting the brace isolated from immoderate different players with a big of names having appeared successful five.

Ronaldo – a five-time Champions League winner, who besides lifted the European Championship trophy with his state – struck successful each fractional astatine the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium arsenic Portugal made a flying commencement successful Group F.

Joao Felix besides scored doubly and deed the opening extremity aft conscionable 10 minutes, with Portugal cruising thereafter.

“I antecedently mentioned that the mentation was good, arsenic was the players’ behaviour, and the enactment they enactment successful implicit the past fewer days,” Portugal manager Martinez said afterwards. “Now we request to retrieve well. The Hungary lucifer (on Tuesday) volition beryllium different challenge.”

Joao Cancelo was besides connected people with his side’s 3rd extremity and marked his first-half onslaught by pointing to the skies with some hands successful remembrance of Jota’s trademark celebration.

Martinez besides added afterwards his thoughts connected Ronaldo’s extremity successful the 21st infinitesimal – the aforesaid garment fig worn by Jota for nine and country. “The awesome to people successful the 21st infinitesimal is from our Diogo,” helium said.

Portugal's Joao Cancelo celebrates scoring their 3rd goal

England bushed Andorra to support winning record

England maintained its 100 percent grounds successful qualifying with a 2-0 triumph against Andorra astatine Villa Park.

Thomas Tuchel’s squad is apical of Group K with 4 consecutive wins aft an ain extremity from Christian Garcia and a Declan Rice header.

While Ronaldo further gilded his record, Harry Kane was near frustrated arsenic England failed to person again nether Tuchel.

A 1-0 triumph against Andorra successful June was described by 1 British paper arsenic England’s “worst ever”. It was past followed by a 3-1 location nonaccomplishment against Senegal successful a affable earlier the extremity of the season.

Tuchel made 10 changes to his squad, and portion determination was an improvement, England inactive had to toil against the 174th-ranked Andorrans.

It took Garcia to unfastened the scoring erstwhile inadvertently glancing Noni Madueke’s inswinging transverse into his ain nett successful the 25th minute.

England created much chances aft the break, and Andorra goalkeeper Iker Alvarez made 2 good saves from adjacent scope to contradict Eberechi Eze and Elliott Anderson.

Rice headed successful astatine the acold station successful the 67th from Reece James’s cross.

Kane, England’s all-time starring scorer, could not widen his record. His champion accidental came erstwhile failing to link with James’s first-half transverse with an unfastened nett to purpose at.

Also successful Group K, Serbia bushed Latvia 1-0 to determination up to 2nd successful the table. England play Serbia connected Tuesday.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies

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