Cristiano Ronaldo Surpasses Sergio Ramos For Playing Most Matches For European Country

The match played on Saturday, was Ronaldo 181st match and he overtook his old Real Madrid teammate Sergio Ramos (180) of Spain in this match.
Cristiano Ronaldo Surpasses Sergio Ramos For Playing Most Matches For European Country
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Portugal: In a friendly match against Qatar, Portugal's legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has added another feather to his cap by breaking the record for playing most international matches from a European country.

The match played on Saturday, was Ronaldo 181st match and he overtook his old Real Madrid teammate Sergio Ramos (180) of Spain in this match.

The Portugese footballer, Ronaldo scored the first goal in the 37th minute. With this, the number of his international goals increased to 112. Ronaldo scored a total of three goals in this match against Qatar and defeated the World Cup host nation by 3–0.

Apart from these, he also broke the world record of 109 goals held by Ali Dei of Iran last month when he scored two goals against Ireland.

Portugal will begin their World Cup qualifying campaign against Luxembourg on Tuesday.

Ronaldo was replaced in the first half, but Portugal remained in control and strengthened their lead through Jose Fonte in just three minutes in the first half.

And just 90 minutes later, Andre Silva sent a cross through Rafael Leo, a newcomer from the left wing, to ensure Fernando's comfortable victory.

The head to head match began was played at the Estadio Algarve at 12:45 Indian Standard Time (IST). Fans in India enjoyed the match as it was live telecasted on Sony Sports Network and at the same time it was live stream on Sony Liv app.

Portugal vs Qatar Live Score:

Player Country Position Time Goal Assist Yellow Card Red Card
Diogo Costa Portugal GK 90 - - - -
Dalot Portugal DR 90 - - - -
Pereira Portugal DCR 90 - - - -
José Fonte Portugal DCL 90 1 - - -
Mendes Portugal DL 45 - - - -
Carvalho Portugal DMC 60 - - 1 -
João Mário Portugal MCR 71 - - - -
Nunes Portugal MCL 71 - - - -
Ronaldo Portugal AMR 45 1 - - -
Guedes Portugal AML 60 - - - -
André Silva Portugal S 90 1 - - -
Fernandes Portugal M 19 - - - -
Moutinho Portugal M 19 - - - -
Semedo Portugal D 45 - - - -
Palhinha Portugal M 30 - - - -
Bernardo Portugal M 30 - - - -
Leão Portugal F 45 - 1 - -
Saad Al Sheeb Qatar GK 90 - - - -
Bassam Al Rawi Qatar DR 90 - - - -
Tarek Salman Qatar DC 90 - - - -
Abdelkarim Hassan Qatar DL 90 - - 1 -
Pedro Miguel Qatar DMR 90 - - - -
Karim Boudiaf Qatar DMC 76 - - - -
Homam Elamin Qatar DML 90 - - - -
Hasan Al Haydos Qatar AMCR 70 - - - -
Abdulaziz Hatem Qatar AMCL 90 - - - -
Almoez Ali Qatar FCR 76 - - - -
Akram Afif Qatar FCL 90 - - 1 -
Assim Madibo Qatar D 14 - - 1 -
Abdullah Abdulsalam Qatar M 20 - - - -
Yusuf Abdurisag Qatar F 14 - - - -

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