Cristiano Ronaldo struck a late double to help holders Portugal get off to a winning start with a 3-0 victory over Hungary in front of a 67,000 crowd on Tuesday as the forward became the all-time leading scorer at European Championship finals.
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It was a stalemate throughout the first half of the game as both teams missed several opportunities to take the lead.
It was an entirely intense game in the second half as Hungary thought they had drawn first blood but had the goal disallowed for offside shortly before Portugal’s Raphael Guerreiro broke the deadlock at the other end with a deflected effort in the 84th minute.
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Captain Ronaldo sealed the win by lashing home from the penalty spot in the 87th to move ahead of Michel Platini as the all-time top scorer at the finals on 10 goals, which he quickly turned into 11 by dribbling the ball into the net in added time.
Portugal and France are tied at 3 points each but Ronaldo’s team tops the Group F table on goal difference having registered 3 goals against Hungary.
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