Cristiano Ronaldo showed his readiness for Euro 2024 with a brilliant brace for Portugal in their final warm-up match
Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo continued his fine form with another brace for the national team as they make final preparations for Euro 2024.
At 39, the Portugal captain is set to embark on his sixth edition of the tournament and showed no signs of slowing down as he delivered an early warning shot to other title contenders in Tuesday’s final warm-up friendly against the Republic of Ireland.
Ronaldo shows quality with stunning brace against Ireland
Ronaldo opened his account with a sublime strike from distance, picking the ball up on the edge of the area before rifling the ball into the back of the net.
Just ten minutes later, he followed up with an equally impressive scooped finish, marking his 130th international goal, extending his lead as the highest scoring male international football player of all time
Ronaldo eyes more records at Euro 2024
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner enters this summer's EUROs aiming to extend another of his numerous records as the competition’s leading all-time scorer with 14 goals in 25 matches currently.
The Al Nassr star has already written his name into Euros history books by becoming the first player to be called up to six editions of the tournament and could make more history by becoming the only player to have played in and scored in six different editions of the European Championships when Portugal kick of their campaign in Germany against
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