Ronaldo nets brace to seal Euro 2024 ticket for Portugal
Christiano Ronaldo has once again shown his best after helping his country, Portugal to seal a qualifications to the Euro 2024 with a 3-2 victory over Slovakia on Friday night.
Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal defeated their rival 3-2 in the Match played at the Estádio do Dragão.
While Goncalo Ramos opened the scored line for the Portuguese with an header in the 18th minutes of the game from Bruno Fernando assist, Ronaldo’s double came handy as the Portugal had a long night in dealing with their visitors.
In the 29th minutes, Ronaldo stepped up to play a spot kick after a handball was awarded against Denis Vavro. The Al Nassr forward sent the goalkeeper the wrong way to put his side two goals up.
Ronaldo would got his double in the 72nd minutes to knock off a potential threat that could come with their daredevil visitors who had had David Hancko reduced the rally with an effort in the 69th minutes and later Lobotka effort reducing the deficit further.
It’s also another historical night for Cristiano Ronaldo who has now scored 125 international goals in total.
His participation at the Euro will also means that will become the first player to feature in six Euro tournaments
