Cristiano Ronaldo scored two against Slovenia on Friday as Portugal sealed Euro 2024 qualification following a 3-2 win courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo’s brilliance. Ronaldo scored a penalty in the first half and a tap-in in the second as the Portuguese won their seventh straight game in Group J. They will finish in the top two, given that they have 21 points.
Just before the kickoff, Cristiano Ronaldo was honored with an award for reaching his 200th Portugal cap in June.
Since turning 30,, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals for 176 additional nations than any other player in history, including Germany, France, Italy, England, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Croatia, Denmark, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, the USA, Egypt, and Ghana.
For his sake, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player in history to qualify for his sixth UEFA European Championship.
Ramos headed the ball down and past Martin Dubravka in the Slovakia goal in the eighth minute after rising highest to meet Bruno Fernandes’ cross.
Ramos scored his seventh goal in as few as nine games, and Fernandes contributed his sixth assist of the year. In the 26th minute, Fernandes came dangerously close to doubling the lead but was stopped by a brilliant one-handed save from Dubravka.
Denis Vavro was found to have handled the ball three minutes later, and VAR backed up the ruling.
Ronaldo took the opportunity to score his 124th goal for Portugal at the same stadium where he scored his debut goal for Portugal against Greece in Euro 2004.
When David Hancko’s attempt from outside the box bounced off Antonio Silva’s heel and into the bottom corner in the 69th minute, Slovakia was able to regain the lead for the first time in the qualifying round.
Three minutes later, Ronaldo scored goal number 125 by converting another beautiful cross from Fernandes to give his team a two-goal lead once more.