Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his worldwide return as Portugal accomplished their Euro 2024 preparations with a 3-0 victory over Republic of Eire in Aveiro.
Roberto Martinez’s aspect have been 2-1 losers in opposition to fellow European Championship hopefuls Croatia on Saturday however responded three days later with a convincing victory at Aveiro Municipal Stadium.
Joao Felix opened the scoring after simply 18 minutes, whereas Ronaldo was denied by the woodwork in a one-sided first half in opposition to John O’Shea’s guests on Tuesday.
Ronaldo wouldn’t be stopped after the interval, although, curling in a tremendous Fiftieth-minute strike earlier than including a second quickly after in a dominant win, only a week earlier than Portugal’s Euro 2024 opener in opposition to Czechia.
Que venha o Europeu! #PORIRL | 3-0 | #PartilhaAPaixão #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/AwLpBQXDfS
— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) June 11, 2024
Information Debrief: Ronaldo stars once more
Ronaldo stole the headlines along with his 129th and a hundred and thirtieth targets for his nation, having already damaged the Saudi Professional League’s single-season scoring report within the marketing campaign simply gone.
The Portugal talisman was at his good finest right here, scoring twice from simply 0.49 anticipated targets (xG) – his private tally marginally increased than the 0.48 xG for O’Shea’s lacklustre aspect.