Cristiano Ronaldo has just hit another impressive milestone in his career when playing in a friendly match between Portugal and Qatar.
Ronaldo has a familiar celebration
This morning, Portugal welcomed Qatar in a friendly match at Do Algarve Stadium. This is the second friendly match between the two teams in over a month.
Similar to the 3-1 victory over Qatar in Hungary on September 4, Seleccao also easily defeated this opponent with a score of 3-0 in this meeting. In the match in early September, Ronaldo did not play. Meanwhile in the rematch, the 36-year-old star played from the beginning.
The main kick, Cris Ronaldo left his mark with the opening goal in the 37th minute. The other two goals of the home side were scored by José Fonte (48′) and Andre Silva (90′).
With a goal against Qatar, Ronaldo increased his record for most goals for the national team (men) to 112 goals. Previously, CR7 broke the record of most international goals scored by Iranian football legend, Ali Daei (109 goals), in the match Portugal won against Republic of Ireland on September 2.
Most notably, Ronaldo broke Ramos’ record when he fought against Qatar. Specifically, the Man Utd star has surpassed the former Real Madrid captain to become the player who has played the most for a national team in Europe (181 compared to 180 times).
In addition, Ronaldo also increased the record of tearing the nets of the national teams held by himself. Including the tear against Qatar, Ronaldo has conceded 46 different national teams, the most in history.
In this match, Ronaldo was pulled off the field by coach Fernando Santos right after the first half to prepare for the match against Luxembourg in the 2022 World Cup qualifier on October 13. The goal of CR7 and his teammates is to win all 3 points in the upcoming match so that they can regain the top spot in Group A, which has just been lost to Serbia, who won 1-0 Luxembourg in the early morning series this morning.
