The Paper reporter Hu Jie
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates the goal.
In the early hours of March 24, in the first round of Group J of the European Championship qualifiers, Portugal hosted Liechtenstein, and Cristiano Ronaldo created another historical moment for him.
Joao Cancelo opened the scoring in the first half, as Portugal led Liechtenstein 1-0 at half-time. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the second half to win 4-0 at home to Liechtenstein in Portugal's 4-0 home victory over Liechtenstein.
In this match, Ronaldo made history as soon as he appeared - this was Ronaldo's 197th appearance for Portugal, surpassing Kuwait's Almutawa to take the first place and become the most appearances in the history of the men's national team.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored from a penalty.
Both of Ronaldo's goals came in the second half - in the 51st minute, Cancelo was brought down in the box, the referee awarded a penalty, and Ronaldo hit the penalty.
In the 62nd minute, the top of the Portuguese penalty area won a free kick opportunity, Ronaldo took a direct volley, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper and sneaked into the net, Ronaldo's goal also locked the score at 4-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored from a free kick.
Completing the two goals allowed Ronaldo to set a series of records. Cristiano Ronaldo's national team has scored 120 goals, further extending his lead in the all-time scorers of the national team, with Ali Dey second with 109 goals and Messi third with 98 goals.
According to Stats Foot, Cristiano Ronaldo, 38 years and 1 month, is the oldest European player to score two goals in a single game for the national team in the past 26 years, and on April 30, 1997, at the age of 38 years and three months, Ceulackvis scored two goals for Latvia against Belarus.
After the match, Ronaldo wrote in INS: "It feels fantastic to play for our national team again and score in a special stadium. Proud to be the player with the most appearances in history (for the national team). ”
Editor of this issue Xing Tan