The European champions Portugal achieved their second victory on the road to the World Cup 2018 in Russia. Fernando Santos’ players smashed Faroe Islands 6-0 away from home. The man of the match was Porto’s forward, Andre Silva, who bagged a hat-trick. The striker tucked away his three goals in just 25 minutes. The superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored the fourth goal in the second half, while Joao Moutinho and Joao Cancelo found the net in the 90th minute of the match. With the victory, Portugal are now second in Group B with six points – three less than the leaders Switzerland.
Surprisingly, the Faroe Islands have performed really well since the start of the qualifiers. They have recorded 4 points from their first two matches against Latvia and Hungary. In comparison, the Portuguese even conceded a 0-2 defeat to Switzerland at the start of the campaign. However, then Fernando Santos’ players won against Andorra 6-0, after 4 goals, scored by Ronaldo. The Real Madrid star started up front again, alongside with Andre Silva.
Andre Silva only needed 13 minutes to open the score in Torshavn. In the 37th minute, the forward saw his name among the international hat-trick scorers. Even though Cristiano Ronaldo only scored once in the match, he showed a really strong performance. But, what is more impressive – the performance of the young right back Joao Cancelo, who has scored a goal in every single match for the Portuguese national team he has taken part in (3 goals in 3 matches). The fullback is a Valencia player and is only 22 years old.
Portugal are going to play against Latvia at home in the next round of the qualifiers, while the Faroe Islands are to visit the other big favourite in the group Switzerland. Both matches are scheduled for 13th November 2016.
