Ronaldo`s double goal flew Portugal

After the nightmare World Cup in Qatar, many saw the end of Cristiano Ronaldo's international career. However, the new coach of Portugal, Roberto Martinez, did not make a mistake in recognizing the diamond. CRSeven's name can be seen in the first squad announced by this former coach of Belgium who took over after the resignation of Santosh. The Al Nasr star did not delay to repay the coach's trust. Ronaldo scored a pair of goals to set a new record for playing the most matches in international football. His record-breaking night gave the former champions a good start in qualifying for the 2024 Euro Championship.

Portugal thrashed Liechtenstein 4-0 in their Group J match in Lisbon on Thursday (March 23) night. In addition to Ronaldo's two goals, Huao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva found the net once.

Portugal was eliminated from the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar after losing to Morocco. The start was like a dream in the match to turn around after the World Cup dream was broken. Portugal did not have to wait long to get the success of attacking the opponent from the start by arranging the pitch of attacking football. In the eighth minute of the match, Bruno Fernandes' corner punch could not be properly cleared by the Liechtenstein goalkeeper. Cancelo received the ball outside the box. His shot bounced off a defender's leg and deflected off the goalkeeper's hand into the net.

In the 23rd minute of the match, Ronaldo missed the golden opportunity despite getting the goalkeeper alone. His short misses the target while being bowled from close range.

There were several chances to double the lead in the first half, but the ball never found the back of the net. However, at the beginning of the second half, Portugal went ahead with two goals in four minutes.

In the 47th minute, Bernardo Silva scored the first with a left foot shot from inside the box. After a while Cancelo suffered a foul in the box and the referee blew the whistle for a penalty. Ronaldo made the scoreline 3-0 with a successful spot-kick. In the 58th minute, Ronaldo again sent the ball into the visitors' net, but this time the linesman raised the offside flag. Ronaldo got addicted to goals that day.

Ronaldo got his second from a free-kick five minutes later after the goal was ruled out for offside. The Liechtenstein goalkeeper was unable to stop the Portuguese superstar's short shot from just outside the box. The international football record goal scorer is 120 goals.

The match was dominated by Portugal and ended with no more goals. Ronaldo's team got off to a flying start in the Euro qualifiers with a 4-0 win.

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