The Portuguese team struggled in its farewell to its fans to compete in the 2026 World Cup to beat Chile 2-1, in a duel where its top star, Cristiano Ronaldo, played only 45 minutes, where he scored a goal, which was ultimately disallowed for offside.

The Portuguese won with goals from Goncalo Guedes and Bruno Fernandes, while Chile had to battle to stay within the Lusitanos' radar and almost snatched a better result from them, but they had to settle for a goal from Lucas Cepeda at the end of the second half.

Portugal was dominant from the opening whistle and from the 4th minute, they showed their strong arm when Lawrence Vigouroux responded with a saved hand change after a header from Rúben Dias who was already scoring a goal.

Roberto Martínez's team imposed its wing play and controlled possession in the middle, while Chile opted for a double line of four defense and counterattacking starts with its top star, Cristiano Ronaldo, starting as a starter in 45 minutes of action.

Cristiano Ronaldo had the first Portuguese approaches of danger. In the 8th minute, the Portuguese captain assisted Rafael Leão with a backheel, whose shot hit the post. Moments later, CR7 headed without direction, and in the 17th minute he shot from the left wing, but Vigouroux stopped it with his foot. The Chilean goalkeeper was the figure of the first half.

In the 35th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo scored again, but the referee annulled the goal due to offside. The most tense moment came at the edge of halftime; A fight between players from both sides led to the simultaneous expulsion of Leão and Román, which left both teams with ten men for the rest of the match.

The Portuguese squad made six changes at halftime, where, among others, Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva and Francisco Conceição came out; Gonçalo Guedes, Pedro Neto and Rúben Neves entered.

While Chile, led by Nicolás Córdova, only moved one piece: Francisco Sierralta for Felipe Faúndez so that the Andean team appeared more daring, with Vicente Pizarro as the most daring, but it was the Portuguese who opened the scoring when in the 57th minute Neves filtered a pass for Guedes, who beat Vigouroux with a shot placed from the outside edge. The 1-0 came when the locals were already clearly dominating, but without being able to convert.

With the advantage on the scoreboard, the Portuguese managed the ball patiently. Pedro Neto tried on the right in the 64th minute, but Guillermo Maripán closed in time. In the 74th minute, Bruno Fernandes received the ball outside the area after a recovery and, with his first intention, beat Vigouroux with a low and placed shot: 2-0 for Portugal.

Chile did not give up. In '82, Maripán tried medium distance; However, Rui Silva contained it without difficulty. The discount came in the 91st minute, when the substitute Lucas Cepeda scored with a shot from outside the area, low and placed to the goalkeeper's left post. The final score was 2-1.

The friendly against Chile was Portugal's last home game before their World Cup debut. Among the spectators at the Estadio Nacional do Jamor were Nuno Mendes, Gonçalo Ramos and João Vitinha and João Neves, called up but not included in the starting eleven.