Ronaldo was allowed to shoot from eleven meters in the second half and sent Caoimhín Kelleher to the corner, while he shot straight through. Only the Brentford keeper had a fantastic reaction with his foot and prevented the 1-0.
Erling Haaland misses two penalties in one minute for Norway, but still scores a hat-trick against Israel
Kelleher seemed to have given Ireland a point, until Ruben Neves appeared in front of him at the start of injury time, trumped him and headed home.
The Portuguese have 9 points after three games. Hungary, which won 2-0 against Armenia earlier in the day, is second with 4 points.
Spain along Georgia
European champion Spain has also won the third match in World Cup qualifying. Georgia was defeated 2-0 in Elche. Spain leads the group with 9 points, ahead of Turkey, which has 6 points after its 6-1 win over Bulgaria.
Yéremi Pino opened the scoring for the Spaniards in the 24th minute. Mikel Oyarzabal scored a free kick in the second half.
Italy follows Norway’s good example
Italy continued to follow Norway in qualifying group I with a victory in Estonia. The team of national coach Gennaro Gattuso won 3-1.
Moise Kean gave Italy the lead in the 4th minute, but had to leave after fifteen minutes due to an injury. Mateo Retegui made it 2-0 after missing a penalty a few minutes earlier. Francesco Esposito scored the third goal and shortly afterwards Rauno Sappinen scored for Estonia.
Italy has 12 points after five games. That is six fewer than the Norwegians, who have played one more game. Norway won 5-0 against Israel.