UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 Matchday 2 Tuesday highlights, round-up: Hungary 1-5 Portugal, Poland 0-4 Italy

Holders Portugal are through to the UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 quarter-finals as Group D winners at Arena Stožice in Ljubljana after Poland's hopes were ended and Italy set up a last-day decider with Hungary.

In the meeting of the two teams that won on Saturday, Portugal defeated Hungary 5-1. And that result proved enough for Portugal to get past the group stage for the eighth edition running as Italy then beat Poland 4-0 thanks to a Julio De Oliveira hat-trick. Italy's victory eliminated their opponents and sent them ahead of Hungary on goal difference before they meet for the other available quarter-final slot on Thursday.

Group D: Hungary 1-5 Portugal 

Portugal fell behind early in their opener before a familiar comeback win against Italy, but today they struck first within 23 seconds, Erick Mendonça sweeping home Pany Varela's kick-in. Lúcio Rocha doubled the advantage in the sixth minute after being set up by Diogo Santos, and Hungary – who beat Poland on Saturday for their first-ever finals win – did well to keep the scoreline down to 2-0 at half-time.

Diogo Santos then struck Portugal's third, and his own third of the final, less than two minutes into the second half after intercepting a Hungary pass, and that was soon followed by Tomás Paçó turning and shooting in with the outside of his right foot. Márk Fekete hit the post for Hungary but, as they pushed for a goal, Pany Varela was able to score into an unguarded net, though Balázs Rutai later pulled one back.

Player of the Match: Diogo Santos (Portugal)

Key stat: This victory extended Portugal's record Futsal EURO winning runs to 13 in final tournaments and 17 including qualifiers.

Jorge Braz, Portugal coach: "I'm very, very happy with the performance. Hungary are very organised and can complicate things if you get distracted in details. It was a very consistent performance during the 40 minutes and I'm very satisfied, but we have to get better."

Sergio Mullor, Hungary coach: "First we must congratulate Portugal as they are an incredible team; nobody will dispute that. Conceding in the first seconds made it more difficult, but we understood this was not our match, and we will try to go into the Italy match in the best shape possible, without any suspensions."

Erick Mendonça, Portugal player: "It was a very tough match. We tried our best, we were very prepared for the game and we won, but right now we are focused on Poland and we will try to finish in first place. Scoring early was important for us for our confidence.

"We must focus [on Thursday against Poland]. Even if top spot is guaranteed, we will try to win and do our best. It was special to score today because I don't often get many, but the most important thing is to help the team."

Rafael Henrique Da Silva, Hungary player: "We made some mistakes early on, which allowed Portugal to score, but I think now this game is over we can put our nerves to the side. Today was hard, but it was a good experience and a good step for us. We will fight against Italy and go 100%."

Group D: Poland 0-4 Italy 

Both teams were below strength, with Poland missing suspended captain Tomasz Kriezel and Italy without Italo Rossetti and Giovanni Pulvirenti, both sent off against Portugal. The Azzurri did not take long to break the deadlock, though, De Oliveira squeezing a shot in at the near post, and he added a second in the 13th minute following a swift counter.

Matheus Barichello made it three as he won possession and broke forward, rebounding the ball in after his initial shot had been saved by Michał Widuch. Poland looked to respond after the break, but there was no way past Italy keeper Jurij Bellobuono or, on more than one occasion, the woodwork. Instead, De Oliveira completed his hat-trick, pouncing when Gabriel Motta's shot was parried.

Player of the Match: Julio De Oliveira (Italy)

Key stat: Italy ended a run of seven finals matches without a win across four tournaments, going back to a 7-0 defeat of Czechia in 2016 which ensured their most recent progress past the group stage.

Salvatore Samperi, Italy coach: "It was a great match and I'm happy with the result. We wanted it at all costs. Now the match against Hungary will be decisive for our chances of reaching the quarter-finals.

"The secret of the team is that there are so many good players. Today, I also used those who had played best against Portugal. Today, we had all the pressure on us; we couldn't afford to make any mistakes. The lads showed that they know how to handle these moments too."

Błażej Korczyński, Poland coach: "Italy have more quality than my team in front of goal. Italy were individually better. We fought, we ran, but in the important moments we didn't have the quality. We have one more game with Portugal and we must think about this. We can't qualify for the quarter-finals, but we must show we can play."

Julio De Oliveira, Player of the Match: "I'm very happy, not only because we won but because we played really well. We handled the pressure in a perfect way. To score three goals in a Futsal EURO is something amazing, and this will remain with me forever, but now is time to recover and to prepare for our next match against Hungary. It will be another final, and we need to be ready for it."

Francesco Liberti, Italy player: "We are very proud because we knew before the game it would be one of the most important matches of our lives. After losing to Portugal, we knew our only goal could be to win here, so we gave everything on the pitch and we're very happy with the result."

Paweł Kaniewski, Poland player: "We lost 4-0 but we fought the whole match. The result suggests it was easy for Italy, but I think it was hard for them. We had lots of chances but no luck, and the Italy goalkeeper played well. We want to play a good match against Portugal, play like today and try to win."

Next games in Group D: Thursday 29 January
Portugal vs Poland (20:30 CET, Ljubljana - Arena Stožice)
Italy vs Hungary (20:30 CET, Ljubljana - Tivoli Arena)