Cristiano Ronaldo played a record of 197th match in international football. No footballer has played so many matches for the country at the senior level. It was the first match in Euro Qualifiers 2024. Portugal beat Liechtenstein in 4-0. Ronaldo scored two goals.
New coach Roberto Martinez started with a win. Ronaldo scored two goals from a penalty and a free-kick. It was his 60th free kick goal. This 38-year-old footballer has scored the highest 120 goals in international football.
Portugal won the Euro Championship in 2016. He started playing again with a new dream. In the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Portugal was eliminated in the quarter-finals. After that, the football world was worried about his career.
Ronaldo was benched by former coach, Fernando Santos for Portugal`s final two games at last year`s World Cup in Qatar where they lost in the quarter-finals to Morocco.
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