Portugal defeated Armenia 9-1 in the World Cup preliminaries, setting the second-largest winning score record in team history. Portuguese media Renascença pointed out that Portugal has created similar scores twice in recent years, and Ronaldo was not present at either time.

9-1 Armenia, this is the second time in the history of the Portuguese team that they have achieved such a score. The last time was in the European preliminaries against Luxembourg in September 2023, when Portugal defeated Luxembourg 9-0.

In these two games, Ronaldo was absent due to suspension, and Gonzalo Ramos started in place of Ronaldo twice. In the game against Luxembourg, Ramos scored twice, and in this round against Armenia, he contributed a goal and an assist.

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