Portugal achieved a convincing 4-0 victory over minnows Liechtenstein in their opening game of the Euro 2024 qualifiers on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
The star of the show was once again Cristiano Ronaldo with the 38-year old making the headlines even before kick-off, when manager Roberto Martinez selected him in the first squad, enabling him to cap his 197 appearence, which made him the player with most international cap in football’s history.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo didn’t stop there as he has done so often in his illustrious career as he celebrated the achievement the only way he knows – by scoring goals.<\/p>\n
He bagged home a 51st minute penalty and a trademark free-kick in the 63rd minute to help his team thrash a far superior Liechtestein side.<\/p>\n
Joao Cancelo put the home side in front with eight minutes played. Despite the comfortable start, Liechhtenstein’s defence proved difficult to crack.<\/p>\n
Portugal had to wait for the second half when Bernando Silva picked up a loose ball and smashed it into the back of the net for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
After that, the Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal festival proceeded, as Portugal were comfortably in the driving seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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