Ronaldo currently has 111 international goals to his name and is still going strong despite entering the twilight years of his career. The legendary attacker has been one of the most talked-about athletes in world football recently and once again took center stage when his team needed him most.
It wasn’t all plain sailing for him, though. In the 15th minute of the game, Ronaldo had a penalty saved by Gavin Bazunu, who dived to his right brilliantly to keep out the Manchester United man. The away side took a shock first-half lead through John Egan, whose header found its way into the back of the net to break the deadlock on the night.
Portugal piled on the pressure in the second half, with Ronaldo in the thick of the action. Late in the game, he delivered the goods in sensational fashion with two incredible headers, as he won the game for his side and wrote his name into the history books.
“I’m not closing the count yet,” says Cristiano Ronaldo after historic night for Portugal
Ronaldo’s achievement - arguably his finest to date - is one for the ages. The 36-year-old is in the latter part of his career, but he took to social media to confirm that he has no intention of walking away anytime soon.
On that note, here are the best Twitter reactions after Ronaldo’s historic goalscoring feat.
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