Both the soccer teams of Portugal and Armenia showed a very good game, but considering the ranking differences of the soccer teams of Portugal and Armenia, Portugal played very weak, or Actually Armenians played very strong.

Armenian football team was able to provide solid defense and quick counter attacks.

The referee of the game was Claus Bo Larsen from Denmark.

Goal.com has a good summary of the game writing that "Qualifier Report: Poor Portugal Held By Animated Armenia A great move from Cristiano Ronaldo saved Portuguese honour in Erevan as the visitors suffered an early goal and only harvested a meagre point from their away fixture. The result is a let-down for Scolari and his men and postpones Portugal's chances of making it through to Switzerland and Austria next year..."