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League of Nations
With his 100 and 101 international goals, Cristiano Ronaldo not only scored 2-0 (1-0) over Portugal in Sweden on Tuesday in the Nations League. The superstar was the first European to break the “hundred sound barrier”.
His immaculate Portuguese also leads Group A3 tied with France, who won their 2018 World Cup final rematch against Croatia in Paris 4-2. After failing Swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen several times, Ronaldo finally fixed his anniversary with an irresistible free kick in injury time in the first half of the 165th international game or 16 years after his first goal for Portugal in the European Championship. 2004. put him back in the finals (72).
The 35-year-old is now eight goals away from Iranian record holder Ali Daei. On the old continent, Ronaldo has been a loner for a long time: the second best European in this ranking is the Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas, who scored 84 goals for his home country and Spain.
France defeated Croatia after falling behind
France needed a brace from Antoine Griezmann (43.) and an own goal from Dominik Livakovic shortly before half-time to steer the game in the right direction. Because the Croats with ex-Salzburg Duje Caleta-Car in central defense made life difficult for the locals after the early lead of Dejan Lovren (17th).
Josip Brekalo (55th) tied again after the break, but another former “Bull”, Dayot Upamecano in his second international match (65th), and Olivier Giroud (77th / Elfer) fixed the second victory for the French. Like Sweden, Croatia remains at zero points.
Belgium celebrate their second victory
In Group A2, Belgium also scored maximum points in the second match, shooting the still useless Icelanders 5-1 (2-1) from the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels despite their initial lead from Holmbert Aron Fridjonsson (11th ). Michy Batshuayi scored two goals. England, on the other hand, had to be content with a 0-0 draw in Denmark and is second with four points ahead of the Danish (1) and Iceland.
