Ronaldo's Goal Starts Portugal Vs Qatar National Team Victory

JAKARTA - The Portuguese national team won convincingly 3-0 over Qatar in Portugal vs Qatar friendly match at the Estadio Algarve, Portugal, Sunday morning, western Indonesia time. The hosts' three goals were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Fonte and Andre Silva each.

Ronaldo's goal in this match made him now have packed 112 goals at international level. With the addition of one goal, Ronaldo further established himself as the record holder for the world's sharpest national team player, beating Iran legend Ali Daei who scored 109 goals.

Portugal immediately dominated the game since the beginning of the match. Several times they were able to create chances, but kept failing to penetrate Qatar's tight defense.

Quoted from ANTARA, Portugal opened the scoring in the 37th minute through Ronaldo's close-range kick after getting a pass from Diogo Dalot. The 1-0 score lasted until halftime.

Entering the second half, coach Fernando Santos made two substitutions by withdrawing Nuno Mendes and Cristiano Ronaldo to be replaced by Nelson Semedo and Rafael Leao.

Portugal's dominance continued in the second half. Just three minutes of the game running, Portugal managed to score their second goal.

Joao Mario's free-kick from the right is headed by Danilo Pereira. The ball failed to be caught perfectly by the Qatari goalkeeper and was immediately used by Fonte to score. Score 2-0 to Portugal.

Portugal completed their form with a goal when, in the 90th minute, Andre Silva headed in a Rafael Leao pass to beat the Qatari goalkeeper. The 3-0 score closed the friendly match.