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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal reaffirmed their World Cup credentials with a dominant 5-0 victory over Uzbekistan on Tuesday.
Ronaldo is now the first player to score at six different World Cups, and also he is now his nation’s outright top scorer at World Cups with 10 goals, moving one ahead of the late Eusebio.
It was not the best of starts for Portugal following their disappointing 1-1 draw with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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But it was a different Portugal side in their second group fixture as Ronaldo opened the scoring in the sixth minute before Nuno Mendes doubled the lead on 17 minutes.
In the 39th minute Ronaldo then grabbed his second goal of the match to put his side 3-0 ahead.
An own goal by Abduvakhid Nematov put Portugal 4-0 up on the hour mark before Rafael Leao added the fifth goal to complete the rout.
The victory took Portugal temporarily to top of Group K on four points while Uzbekistan remain bottom with no point after two matches.
By James Agberebi
