Portugal and Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo etched his name ever-further into the history books of international football on Saturday.
Qatar downed
CR7 and co. were back in action a short time ago.
Ahead of their only competitive outing of the international break, at home to Luxembourg next Tuesday, Portugal tonight brushed off the rust in a friendly meeting with Qatar – next year’s World Cup hosts.
Fernando Santos’ men actually only faced off against the Asian outfit a little over a month ago, eventually emerging on the right side of a 3-1 scoreline.
And tonight proved more of the same for A Selecao, who went on to completely dominate proceedings, on their way to a comfortable 3-0 win.
The aforementioned Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring at the Estadio Algarve, taking advantage of some fine running on the part of Diogo Dalot, as well as a defensive howler, to slot home from close range.
The hosts then doubled their lead early in the 2nd-half, when Jose Fonte slotted home on the rebound, before Andre Silva added some gloss to the scoreline with a late 3rd.
Another CR7 record
As outlined above, meanwhile, in finding the net for his country for the 112th time on Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo went on to secure for himself yet another piece of history.
As revealed across social media, the 5-time Ballon d’Or winner has now notched for Portugal versus no fewer than 46 opposing nations, the highest tally ever managed by a single player on the international stage:
samundrarajrijal
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Messi vs Qatar. 171 minutes 0 goal. Ronaldo did it in 37 minutes. I know who my GOAT is.
Jayshinde1234
685
CR7 ❤ GOAT Age Just A Number 👍🏻
mzeereal
604
Cr7 only player for 37 minutes and got subbed off in half time.. Never underestimate the ability of Cr7. The man has been in game for over 17yrs and never got tired
bauabklop
470
Are you sure Ronaldo "CR7" is not a magician?👀
Wuzansu
417
Most of the Barca players now understands who the GOAT is 🤔💪💪😂
mapJay
359
The way people argue and attack one another sometimes makes me wonder if people are really civilised. What's wrong with someone choosing CR7 as his G.O.A.T? or Messi has his G.O.A.T? technically nothing is wrong with it everyone has an opinion, we are not perfect like God so we should respect each one's opinion... We as fans want to force each other to accept what we believe is right and correct that's what causes unnecessary arguments and insults. For the love of the game let's respect each other's opinion and enjoy the concluding years of these 2 wonderful players...
LattiLinx
310
Messi is better but Ronaldo is greater. Make sense right 😂
Anthovagasta
263
The Goat is here to rule
rohithirapur
180
Another match, Another Record 🐐❤🔥
ManUntAmadDiallo
58
goat levels
Kuhabcdnpt
41
some we need to control our feelings to see the reality
EmonKhan89
21
Messi vs Qatar. 171 minutes 0 goal. Ronaldo did it in 37 minutes. I know who my GOAT is.
I know who my GOAT is!!!
Kuhabcdnpt
19
Messi vs Qatar. 171 minutes 0 goal. Ronaldo did it in 37 minutes. I know who my GOAT is.
take away negative feelings and use common sense
Wizdenrsz
15
Messi vs Qatar. 171 minutes 0 goal. Ronaldo did it in 37 minutes. I know who my GOAT is.
Hmm… Goals against Qatar = Greatest of all time… meaning Qatar is the greatest national football team in the world! Ohh wait… it isn’t 🥱🥱 U kids need to calm down…
nasirahmed
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who cares ....tap in merchant
Idk why people have problems with tapin goal. it's football a goal is goal. doesn't matter how a goal is scored, but it's very important to score a goal. goals can win matches.