Hungary – Ireland, getty images November 16, 2025, 6:48 p.m

In the match of the final round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Irish national team won away from Hungary with a score of 3:2. The hero of the match was Perrott, who scored a hat trick.

Thus, Portugal, beating the outsider of the quartet, Armenia (9:1), qualified for the 2026 World Cup, while Ireland overtook Hungary and entered the World Cup qualifying playoffs.

Here is a video of the best moments of the match between Hungary and Ireland 2:3 as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers:

Hungary — Ireland 2:3
goals: Lukacs, 3, Varga, 37 — Perrott, 15 (pen), 80, 90+6.

Hungary: Dibus — Kerkez, Salaj, Orban, Nego (Mochi, 90+3) — Schafer (Otvosh, 63), Saboslay — Toth (Bolla, 76) — Shallai (Regzic, 90+3), Lukacs (Stiles, 63), Varga.

Ireland: Kelleher — O’Shea, Collins, O’Brien (Manning, 46) — Scales, Molambi (Kenny, 60), Cullen (Taylor, 80), Coleman (Ebosele, 60) — Azaz, Ogbene (Ida, 53) — Perrott.

Warning: Salai, Varga — Scales, Cullen, Ebosele, Perrott.