Portugal played against Poland at home in the UEFA Nations League group stage match. Where the hosts beat the visitors by a margin of 5-1 and confirmed the ticket to the quarter finals. Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals in this match. He has made another great achievement today.
Portugal host Poland at the Estadio do on Friday night (November 15). But Poland's all-time top scorer Robert Lewandowski could not play against Portugal due to a back injury in this match. As a result, Ronaldo beat Poland 5-1. With this win, Ronaldo single-handedly owns the record for most wins in international football. Ronaldo's victory in the jersey of Portugal is now 132. He overtook long-time club-mate Sergio Ramos.
The defender, who last played for Spain in 2021, ended his career with 131 wins. Iker Casius, another Real Madrid teammate of Ronaldo, ended his international career with 121 wins. Apart from this, Ronaldo is now the oldest player to score a double goal for the national team. All the goals were scored in the second half. Rafael Leo broke the deadlock in the 59th minute. Portugal leads by 1-0. In the 72nd minute, Ronaldo doubled the lead from the penalty spot. Poland's Jakob Qor handballed inside the D-box and the referee gave a penalty decision.
At the end, Portugal scored 3 goals in a span of 8 minutes.
Bruno Fernandez's goal in the 80th minute made the gap 3-0 for the hosts. The goal of Neto Pedro in the 83rd minute and Ronaldo's eye-catching bicycle kick in the 87th minute shook the net of Poland and Portugal took a 5-0 lead. Ronaldo scored 5 goals in 5 matches in the current season of the Nations League. Dominik Dominik Markyuk scored Poland's consolation goal in the 88th minute. Portugal won by 5-1.
Portugal is at the top with 13 points in 5 matches without a loss in the group stage. Croatia in two with 7 points in the equal match. Poland and Scotland in third and fourth have 4 points.
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