Al-Nassr and Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo scored a double in the match of the qualifying stage for the European Championship 2024 and reached 40 goals scored for the club and the national team in 2023. Thus, he beat Manchester City and the Norwegian national team forward Erling Haaland, who has 39 goals.
Recall that on October 16, the qualifying match for the European Championship 2024 in Group J took place. The Portugal team, which is the leader of the group, scored five unanswered goals against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica.
Portugal will play their next match in the qualifying for Euro 2024 on November 16 against Liechtenstein.
Earlier, Ronaldo became the sixth player in history to score at least 100 goals in three different decades.