The 6th round of the 2022 World Preliminary European Zone Group A started at the Baku Olympic Stadium. Portugal went to Azerbaijan to start a confrontation with the home team. Although Ronaldo missed the match due to accumulated two yellow cards, the Five Shields finally won another game with a score of 3-0 without any suspense. They currently continue to lead the list with 4 wins, 1 draw and 13 points.

Facing the more powerful Portuguese team, Azerbaijan put all his troops into the rear defense as soon as he played, and Portugal also unsurprisingly took the initiative when the opponent handed over the ball. Just 9 minutes later, a precise long pass from Cancelo from the midfield created a chance for Bernardo Silva to score. Unfortunately, the Manchester United midfielder could only get the ball under the interference of Hagvidi. Kicked out of the field. However, in the 25th minute of the game, Bruno Fernandez took advantage of the shift of the defensive focus of the opposing players and lifted his right foot to send Bernardo Silva in front of the goal. The latter did not disappoint. First record for Portugal.

Less than 6 minutes after the goal, Fernandez's scalpel-like cross from the right again accurately found Jota in the penalty area. The Liverpool forward chose Andrei in front of Husenov’s close defense. Silva provided the assist. Taking advantage of the distraction of Badalov, who was defending behind him, Andrei Silva immediately pushed the ball into the lower right corner, and also helped the Five Shields to rewrite the score to 2-0. After that, the Portuguese maintained their two-goal advantage until the end of the half. During the period, although Fernandez and Andre Silva had completely penetrated Azerbaijan’s defenses through a clever offensive cooperation, the A-seat came to the goal. In the end, the foot missed the bottom line by a few cents from the goal.

After returning from the break, Portugal, holding a two-goal lead, still played very aggressively on the offensive end. They completed the first shot by Jota only 1 minute after the start of the second half. After Jota kicked Fernández’s cross from the field, the luxurious front line composed of Fernández, Bernardo Silva, Andre Silva and Jota still sprinted against Azerbaijan’s defense in turns; In 57 minutes, Bernardo Silva grabbed a volley after receiving a through ball from B Fee before the five had yet to encircle. Unfortunately, Mahamadriyev easily rejected the half-high goal kicked by the Manchester City midfielder. Outside the door. In the 64th minute, Azerbaijan’s leaky defense provided Jota, who had just received a cross from Andrei Silva, with a wonderful single-handed chance. However, Mahamadliyev’s another brave save made Jota only Return without success.

When the game came to the 74th minute, Cancelo held the ball from the right to break into the penalty area; after mobilizing the opponent's defense as much as possible, the Manchester City defender calmly kicked and passed the ball to the other side Jota. The player jumps high and directly into the net without marking. Seeing that the outcome of the game has been determined, the Portuguese coach Santos immediately replaced Bernardo Silva, Jota and Moutinho with Monteiro, Gedez and Mario in one breath. The score of the whole game was fixed at 3-0 to seal the victory.