🤯 Even Messi surpassed: Ronaldo breaks world qualifying record | OneFootball

The boy is on a mission. Cristiano Ronaldo is on the verge of reaching his sixth World Cup with Portugal. For that to happen, the Portuguese will have to beat, among others, Hungary today.

But a home win didn’t look likely at first. Attila Szalai put the visitors ahead after eight minutes. Luckily, Portugal have a 40-year-old striker in their ranks.

Cristiano Ronaldo equalized in the 22nd minute. And not just that:

With his 947th career goal, Ronaldo set a new qualifying record. As of today, he is the first player worldwide to score 40 goals in World Cup qualifying. Even Lionel Messi (36) hasn’t done that yet.

Scratch that number! Just before halftime, CR7 scored his second of the night and Portugal were breathing more and more World Cup air. In the end, though, qualification didn’t quite work out. Dominik Szoboszlai equalized in stoppage time (90+1) and postponed the decision in Group F.

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