Ronaldo scored twice again, Portugal defeated the opponent 83 places lower

Having just crushed Liechtenstein, who are nearly 200 places below them, in the opening round three days ago, in the early morning of March 27, Portugal continued to face one of Europe's weakest teams right on the field of Luxembourg, which is more than 80 places below them on the FIFA rankings.

Diogo Dalot dribbles past Luxembourg defenders

The "honeymoon" of the Portuguese team with new head coach Roberto Martinez was predicted to last very early, because in the 9th minute, Ronaldo had a close-range finish to open the score in an easy way after a header assist from Nuno Mendes.

Ronaldo opened the score in the 9th minute

In just three minutes, from the 15th to the 18th minute, Bernardo Silva assisted Joao Felix to head in a header to double Portugal's lead before he himself scored with a classy aerial strike. Ronaldo completed his own double in the 31st minute from Bruno Fernandes' exquisite pass.

Joao Felix (right) doubled the gap

Scoring 4 goals in two consecutive matches, Ronaldo is really thriving under the new coach Roberto Martinez. 198 matches for the Portuguese national team and scoring 122 goals, records that are difficult to break in world football, and it is predicted that in the next half decade, no one will be able to catch up, including his "great rival" Lionel Messi, who has 99 goals after 173 matches for the Argentine national team.

Ronaldo is extending his formidable records

Leading by 4 goals against the "tiny" opponent, but in the second half, Portugal still played very enthusiastically and it was the players coming off the bench like Otavio and Rafael Leao who took turns scoring, sealing a 6-0 victory for Portugal so that this team could firmly hold the top spot in Group J after two opening matches with all wins.

Portugal lead Group J after two wins

With six teams in this group, the fight for the two spots in the finals promises to be intense. Portugal "only" beat Liechtenstein 4-0, but Iceland crushed their "weak" opponents 7-0 in the second match. Slovakia joined the "fun" with a 2-0 victory over Bosnia, climbing to second place in the group behind Portugal.

A shock happened in Group H when Denmark, the team that reached the Euro 2020 semi-finals, unexpectedly "fell off the horse" 2-3 on the field of Kazakhstan after leading the home team by two goals! Remember, Denmark is ranked 18th and Kazakhstan is only ranked 115th on the FIFA rankings, nearly 100 places lower (lower than Vietnam ranked 96th).

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