Portugal 3-0 Hungary
Cristiano Ronaldo ran the show at the Estadio da Luz tonight, scoring twice to take Portugal to within three points of Group B leaders Switzerland, and five clear of Hungary.
I wasn’t alone in making a football prediction that Portugal would win this game and after a dominant first half betting odds on Ronaldo’s team taking all three points had shrunk out of sight. The Real Madrid Galactico was in dominant form as Portugal beat the team they struggled to draw with at Euro 2016 to set down a clear marker in Group B.
Hungary held out for half an hour until two goals in four minutes handed the points to Portugal. On 32 minutes Raphael Guerreiro teed up Andre Silva to convert smartly; and then the first goal scorer passed to Ronaldo outside the area, on 36, and the talisman fired straight and true into the bottom corner.
Portugal continued to boss the game after the break and Ronaldo was on target again from distance, midway through the second half, with a free kick… and that was that. It was Ronaldo’s ninth goal in qualifying and it won’t be his last. He scored twice against Hungary at the Euros and they must be getting sick of the sight of him!
This was a blistering performance from a Portugal side which has now won four on the bounce and in some style. The Hungary players will go home to lick their wounds; but Cristiano and Co have the Swiss firmly in their sights.
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