Ronaldo reaches century of international goals for Portugal

d 100 international goals to extraordinary list of milestones achieved by soccer superstar Cristia Ronaldo.

35-year-old Ronaldo become just second male player to reach a century of goals for a national team when he curled a free kick into top corner from 25 meters for first of his two strikes in Portugal’s 2-0 away win against Sweden in Nations League on Tuesday.

Scoring one of best goals of his international career was a fitting way to enter “100 Club,” where he joins former Iran striker Ali Daei, and he wheeled away in delight in an empty Friends Arena in Stockholm before performing his tremark celebration — mid-air pirouette.

Ronaldo, who was playing in his 165th game for Portugal, ded a second goal and needs nine more to surpass international record of 109 scored by Daei from 1993-2006. five-time world player of year alrey holds record for goals in Champions League with 131 — 16 more than nearest rival Lionel Messi — and he has w scored an international goal for 17th straight calendar year.

Portugal has won its two opening group games after beating Croatia 4-1 on Saturday, when Ronaldo was absent because of a toe infection.

Belgium and France also have maximum points. top-ranked Belgians beat Iceland 5-1 and France defeated Croatia 4-2 — same scoreline as 2018 World Cup final.

England drew 0-0 at Denmark in Copenhn.

Im credits: AP