On 18 May 2018, the Portuguese Football Federation announced the 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup, in which Cristiano Ronaldo will lead the team to Russia, while Andre Gomes, Eder and Nani unfortunately lost [11]. The 2018 World Cup in Russia was its 7th participation [8].
On 16 June 2018, Portugal drew 3-3 with Spain in the first round of Group B of the 2018 World Cup. On 16 June 2018, the first round of Group B of the 2018 World Cup was played at the Fisht Stadium, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick to help Portugal draw 3-3 with Spain. On June 20, Portugal 1-0 Morocco, Cristiano Ronaldo opened with lightning strikes. On 26 June, the final round of Group B of the World Cup began in Saransque, with Portugal being forced to draw 1-1 by Iran. On 1 July, Portugal lost 2-1 to Uruguay in the second match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup 1/8 final at the Fischt Stadium.
In Euro 2020 qualifiers, Portugal qualified for the Euro 2020 finals with second place in their group. In the group stage draw, Portugal joined reigning World Cup champions France and 2014 World Cup champions Germany in the "Group of Death". Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Euro 2020 has been postponed to 2021. In the first round of the group stage, Portugal scored three goals in the last ten minutes to win 3-0 against Hungary, which was considered the weakest in the group, but was reversed by Germany 2-4 in the second round. In the final round of the group stage, the team drew 2-2 with two penalties and advanced to the knockout stage in third place in the group. In the quarterfinals, Portugal lost 1-0 to Belgium and was eliminated. The team thus set the worst record in the history of the European Championship finals.
On 14 November 2021, Portugal lost 2-1 to Serbia in the final round of the World Qualifiers group stage and will need to participate in the play-offs.
On March 24, 2022, Portugal advanced to the play-off final in the semi-finals of the European Zone play-offs of the World Qualifiers, Portugal 3-1 against Turkey. On March 29, Portugal defeated North Macedonia 2-0 in the final of the European play-offs of the World Qualifiers to qualify for the World Cup finals. On June 3, in the first match of the UEFA Nations League, in the match against his old rival Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench in the 62nd minute, and a number of statistics were zeroed, and Portugal drew 1-1 with Spain. On 13 June, Portugal lost 1–0 to Switzerland in the fourth round of Group A2 of the UEFA Nations League. On 28 September, in the sixth round of UEFA Nations League A, Portugal lost 1-0 at home to Spain.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Ghana beat Serbia on penalties 1:0 in the group stage, drew 1:1 with Australia, and lost 0:1 to Germany, finishing second in the group, becoming the only African team to reach the knockout stage of that tournament. In the quarterfinals, after 120 minutes, the United States reached the quarterfinals 2:1, becoming the third African team in history to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup after Cameroon and Senegal. In the quarterfinals, Ghana's senior national team faced Uruguay for the first time in its history, also after 120 minutes of extra time 1:1 draw with former World Cup champions Uruguay, Uruguayan striker Suarez played God's hand to block a shot from Ghana, Ghanaian striker Gian kicked a winning penalty in the final moment, and finally lost 2-4 on penalties to advance to the semi-finals, missing the opportunity to rewrite the history of African football. This is the closest African team has come to the last four of the World Cup, yet so far away. But the young Ghana still applauds us.
In the 2014 World Cup, Ghana was drawn into the group of death, the first match against the previous two defeated team USA, the United States team Dempsey blitz goal and later the United States won the final game, Ghana lost to the United States for the first time in history, the second round against Germany, drew 2-2, and lost 1-2 against Portugal in the final round, and was eliminated at the bottom of the group.