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Absolute draw in stoppage time! The world s No. 5 unexpectedly lost points, 40-year-old Ronaldo exploded, setting a new historical record

7:43am, 16 October 2025【Football】

A group match in the first stage of the World Cup European qualifying competition begins. Portugal, ranked fifth in the world, faces Hungary at home. Portugal won its first three group matches, first sweeping Armenia 5-0, then narrowly defeating Hungary 3-2, and then defeating Ireland 1-0. Now Portugal faces Hungary again, and the goal is naturally to score all 3 points. As a result, although the 40-year-old Ronaldo performed well and scored twice, Portugal was tied in stoppage time and only got a 2-2 draw!

Portugal has a 4231 formation in this game. Ronaldo is at the front. The attacking combination of Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandez and Pedro Neto worked together. Ruben Neves and Vitinha form a double defensive midfielder. The back four of Semedo, Ruben Dias, Renato Vega and Nuno Mendes started. Diogo Costa serves as the starting goalkeeper. The total value of Portugal's starting lineup is as high as 478 million euros. The total value of Hungary's starting lineup is 159 million euros.

Soon after the game started, Ronaldo got a chance at the front of the penalty area, but his shot missed. After 3 minutes, Portugal lost the ball! Soboszlai took a corner kick and Soboszlai headed the ball in front of the goal. Hungary got off to a fantastic start. In the 22nd minute, Portugal equalized the score. Semedo sent a diagonal pass from the right side of the penalty area. Cristiano Ronaldo outflanked the goal and sent the ball into the empty goal! In half-time stoppage time, Portugal scored again. It was still Ronaldo's goal. He grabbed the ball in front of the goal and scored it. At halftime, Portugal led Hungary 2-1.

Change sides and fight again in the second half. In the 54th minute, Neto shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area and was saved. 4 minutes later, Ronaldo kicked a long shot high. Subsequently, Bruno Fernandez's long-range shot hit the post. Felix's header was saved by a superb save. In the 73rd minute, Shaloi headed the goal and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out. What a pity. In the 78th minute, goal scorer Cristiano Ronaldo was replaced. In stoppage time, Portugal lost the ball! Szoboszlai scored the winning goal to save Hungary. In the end, Portugal 2-2 Hungary.

C Ronaldo is undoubtedly the best player in this game. He took 7 shots, 3 of which were on target, and scored 2 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo made history. His goals in the World Cup preliminaries reached 41, ranking first in the historical scorer list. At this age, Cristiano Ronaldo can continue to refresh history on the stage of the world preliminaries, which makes people admire him.