Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored all three goals for Portugal in their 3-3 draw against Spain during the team’s World Cup opener, has scored a goal only four minutes after the start of the Portugal-Morocco match at Luzhniki Stadium.
The match ended in a narrow 1-0 victory to reigning European champions Portugal.
Social networks users have posted numerous photos and videos of the glorious moment.
#Ronaldo is on fire #PORMAR #PerfectFan #FWC pic.twitter.com/VddEJ2fmj6
— Joshua (@Joshua_Jeyam) 20 июня 2018 г.
His 85th career goal for Portugal places him ahead of Hungary great Ferenc Puskas.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) 20 июня 2018 г.
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was named the man of the match after the 33-year-old striker headed home the only goal of the game.
CR7 gets his 4th goal of the #WorldCup to give #POR a 1-0 lead! pic.twitter.com/dwsjhOiIXA
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) 20 июня 2018 г.
Ronaldo needs to score another 25 goals for his country to overtake former Iran striker Ali Daei as the world's all-time leading international goalscorer. Daei netted 109 goals in 149 international games.
Simply incredible. pic.twitter.com/pwK81y4K0z
— FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnnys) 20 июня 2018 г.
The Group B match between Portugal and Morocco, which took place at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, was played in front of a sell-out crowd of 78,011 supporters.
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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the federation's current head Gianni Infantino attended the match.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 14 and will continue until July 15, with the matches being played in 11 cities across Russia.
