World Cup preview report: Neves and B Fee are blocked, Portugal beats 9-1 and goes straight to the World Cup
6686 Sports reported on November 16 that in the 10th round of Group F of the 2026 World European Qualifiers, the Portuguese home team defeated Armenia 9-1. Vega blitzed for Portugal, and then Spertson equalized the score for Armenia; in the next game, the Portuguese team was like a god of help, Neves and B Fee completed hat tricks one after another, Ramos sent a pass and shot, and Conceição added icing on the cake for the team. Portugal finished first in Group F with 13 points with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and directly qualified for the 2026 United States, Canada and Mexico World Cup.
Key events
2’Three strikes in the opening game! The Portuguese team fired three consecutive shots, shocking the opponent in a cold sweat
20’ missed a good opportunity, Ramos rushed to hit the goal but shot the ball too straight
At the 21st minute of the 21’ match, the big screen paid tribute to Jota
24’ Portugal took the free kick into the three-second zone, and then committed a handball violation on the offensive end
40’B’s volley in front of the goal was blocked by the defender and out of the end line
47' Leo reached the three-second area and hit the goal, but was saved by the goalkeeper to resolve the danger
50’ Semedo shot from outside the three-second area, but hit the ball high
58’ Mouradian chose to shoot from outside the three-second area, but his shot was too upright and was directly scored by the goalkeeper
64' Conceição cut in and pushed directly to the far corner, and the goalkeeper directly got the ball
66' Vitinha volleyed the ball and shot the ball high
79’B Fee took the penalty kick and spun directly towards the goal. The goalkeeper struggled to hold the ball out
Technical statistics
Player list
Portugal starting lineup: 1-Costa, 20-Cancelo (73’18-Nunez), 2-Semedo, 3-Dias (7 3’21-Neves), 13-Vega, 8-B Fee, 10-B Seat (56’7-Forbes), 17-Leo (56’19-Conceicao), 23-Vitinha (67’11-Felix), 15-Neves, 9 - Ramos
Portuguese reserve lineup: 12-José Sa, 22-Silva, 5-Dalot, 14-Inásio, 4-Silva, 21-Neves, 6-Palinha, 18-Nunez, 16-Telin Kang, 11-Felix, 19-Conceicao, 7-Forbes
Armenia starting lineup: 16-Avayan, 21-Tiknizyan, 3-Piroyan (55’4-Harutunyan), 5-Mkrichyan, 2- Muladyan, 13-Hovhannisyan, 20-Muradian (82’23-Bandikyan), 18-Aghasaria (46’7-Sevikyan), 8-Spertson, 9-Serobyan (46’10-Shaghoyan), 17-Lanos (65’15-Eloyan)
Yami Nia's reserve lineup: 12-Begraya, 1-Chancharevich, 19-Gregoyan, 4-Harutunyan, 7-Sevikyan, 6-Nalbandian, 14-Manvilian, 23-Bandikyan, 15-Eloyan, 22-Talakhchiyan, 10-Shaghoyan, 11-Grigorian
