Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his facet’s first objective throughout the Euro 2024 group J qualifying match between Iceland and Portugal in Reykjavík, Iceland, on June 20, 2023| Photo Credit: AP

Cristiano Ronaldo grew to become the primary males's participant to make 200 worldwide appearances and celebrated the milestone by scoring the successful objective within the 89th minute as Portugal beat Iceland 1-0 in European Championship qualifying.

The 38-year-old Ronaldo was honoured by Guinness World Records earlier than kickoff for reaching 200 video games for Portugal nearly 20 years after he made his debut.

And he was celebrating on the finish, too, after being readily available to attain the later winner from shut vary and maintain Portugal on monitor for Euro 2024 qualification with its fourth win from 4 video games in Group J.

Erling Haaland scored twice in Norway's 3-1 win at residence over Cyprus, as did Romelu Lukaku in Belgium's 3-0 victory over Estonia.

But one other star ahead – Robert Lewandowski – was left upset as his Poland workforce squandered a two-goal result in lose 3-2 away to Moldova.

Memorable evening

Ronaldo padded his report for worldwide objectives as properly, by netting his 123rd for Portugal — making it one other memorable evening for the previous Real Madrid and Manchester United star.

"So happy. It's that kind of moment that you never expect to do it, 200 caps. For me it's an unbelievable achievement," Ronaldo informed UEFA's web site.

"Of course, to score the winning goal, it's even more special."

Ronaldo's teammates Rafael Leão and Bruno Fernandes had regarded extra possible high present a gap in Reykjavik, till Iceland midfielder Willum Willumsson was despatched off with 10 minutes of regular time remaining for a second yellow card.

Ronaldo had missed a number of possibilities and was booked for diving within the 83rd, earlier than he lastly acquired the winner when Goncalo Inacio headed the ball down for the ahead to attain from shut vary. Even then there was an anxious look ahead to a VAR test earlier than Ronaldo may have a good time in his personal distinctive model.