Summary

  • Portugal 2-1 Republic of Ireland

  • Late Ronaldo double wins it for Portugal

  • John Egan gives Republic half-time lead

  • Gavin Bazunu saves early Cristiano Ronaldo penalty

  • Ronaldo will break men's international goal record if he scores

  • Republic lost first two qualifiers against Serbia and Luxembourg, Portugal top of Group A with seven points from three games

  • Republic striker Shane Long misses out after testing positive for Covid-19

  • Updates from France v Bosnia-Herzegovina and Norway v Netherlands (both 19:45 BST)

  • Get Involved - #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only - standard message rates apply)

  1. goal

    GOALpublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-1 Republic of Ireland

    Wow!

    John Egan with the header!

    Jamie McGrath whips his corner into the mixer and there is the Sheffield United defender, glancing the ball into the far corner.

    Shades of Roy Keane against Juventus in '99.

    What a turn up for the books.

  2. Postpublished at 20:29 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    What a chance for Aaron Connolly!

    The Brighton forward scampers down the left flank after a delicious chipped ball from Josh Cullen.

    Connolly is eventually crowded out though and his eventual effort is charged down by Joao Palhinha.

    Republic corner.

  3. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:27 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Bosnia's lead didn't last too long. Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann has just equalised for France in Strasbourg.

    That sentence may be a bit of a shock if you weren't checking the transfer news yesterday.

  4. Postpublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Seamus Coleman has hot down the right flank quite a few times tonight, which is concerning from a Portuguese perspective.

    You have to say, the Republic are acquitting themselves well out there.

    Risking the live text version of the commentator's curse there...

  5. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:24 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    A big shock on the cards in Strasbourg because Inter Milan striker Edin Dzeko has just given Bosnia a 1-0 lead against France with a lovely 20-yard drive.

    The Netherlands are level, though, in their game with Norway. Davy Klaassen has just made it 1-1.

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    #bbcfootball

    StephenthePoet: This is ref is cracking fun. It's like being reffed by Spongebob Squarepants. Ronaldo should've been sent off. Never a penalty. We're all over Portugal like cockroaches.

    Jamie Brilley: Fifa must be wanting Ronaldo to break the record tonight. Shocked he wasn't sent off for punching out. Proper big team decision that

  7. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Norwich's 19-year-old defender Andrew Omobamidele comes for his senior debut, replacing Dara O'Shea.

    What a stage to enter as well. No pressure.

  8. YELLOW CARDpublished at 20:18 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    O'Shea is shown a yellow card as he hobbles off the pitch.

    Talk about kicking a man when he's down. He won't be able to continue.

  9. Elsewhere in Europe...published at 20:17 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Luxembourg are hoping to maintain an unlikely World Cup push, boosted by that win over the Republic of Ireland.

    They beat Azerbaijan 2-0 with Gerson Rodrigues scoring a penalty. That would take them up to six points from three games.

    Turkey have doubled their lead over Montenegro.

  10. Postpublished at 20:16 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Dara O'Shea is down and looks to be in a great deal of discomfort.

    Doesn't look good for the West Brom defender, it must be said.

    Stephen Kenny is deep in discussion with his staff about what to do.

  11. 'Fluffed'published at 20:15 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

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  12. Postpublished at 20:15 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Wow - Diogo Jota hits the post with a header from point-blank range.

    What a chance.

  13. Postpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Another wild shot from Aaron Connolly and it's so badly misjudged that Seamus Coleman is able to charge on to the ball.

    The skipper chips it back in, but it comes to nothing again.

  14. Postpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Seamus Coleman wins a corner for the visitors.

    It's swung in towards Shane Duffy, who misses his kick.

    The ball finds its way to Aaron Connolly, who balloons his shot over the bar. Let-off for Portugal...

  15. Postpublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Pepe makes a mistake and gifts the ball to Aaron Connolly, but the Brighton forward can't fashion a shooting opportunity.

    It's all calmed down after the penalty madness, but the game is still being played at a cracking tempo.

  16. Elsewhere in Europe...published at 20:07 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Surprise as Norway lead the Netherlands 1-0. Less surprising when you realise the goalscorer is Erling Braut Haaland. An excellent first touch, turn and finish by the Borussia Dortmund man.

  17. Danes double leadpublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Even worse news for Scotland, it's 2-0 to Denmark now with Joakim Maehle bagging.

  18. Elsewhere in Europe...published at 20:04 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    In the Republic's group, Luxembourg lead Azerbaijan 1-0 thanks to a goal from former Portugal youth international Mica Pinto.

    Cengiz Under has put Turkey 1-0 up against Montenegro and Israel are 1-0 up in the Faroes.

    Bad news for Scotland though. They trail 1-0 in Denmark with Daniel Wass netting. Follow live text of that one here.

  19. Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Right, that was a crazy sequence of events, so let's recap.

    • Portugal awarded a penalty following a lengthy VAR review after Jeff Hendrick's foul on Bruno Fernandes
    • Ronaldo appears to raise his hand to Dara O'Shea, but no action is taken
    • Having waited for about three minutes, Ronaldo steps up to take the penalty, but is denied by an excellent Gavin Bazunu save
    • Ronaldo's wait to become the all-time record men's international goalscorer goes on

    Right, I think we're all caught up.

  20. MISSED PENALTYpublished at 20:00 British Summer Time 1 September 2021

    Portugal 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Gavin Bazunu saves Ronaldo's penalty!

    A bucket load of drama in Faro.