Cristiano Ronaldo has broken another impressive mark in world football. In the 2-1 (2-1) Nations League opener against Croatia in Lisbon, the 39-year-old superstar scored his 900th career goal. Portugal’s captain celebrated the interim 2-0 after 34 minutes with appropriate emotion. It was Ronaldo’s 131st goal in his 213th international match. No other footballer in the world has played more international matches and scored more goals in the national team jersey.
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In the second match of Group 1 in League A, Poland won 3:2 (2:0) in Scotland. Defending champions Spain could only manage a 0:0 draw in Group 4 in Serbia, while Denmark won 2:0 (0:0) against Switzerland. The Swiss finished the match with nine players. Gladbach’s Nico Elvedi was shown the red card (52nd minute) for an emergency stop, and Leverkusen’s Granit Xhaka (87th) was sent off with a second yellow card. In the closing stages, Patrick Dorgu (82nd) ​​and Pierre-Emile Höjberg (90th+2) scored to give Denmark the win.
Dalot hits his own goal with a heel kick
Diogo Dalot scored the early lead for the home team in the Estádio da Luz of Portugal’s record champion Benfica (7th minute). Ronaldo’s great performance followed, effortlessly pushing a precise cross from Nuno Mendes over the goal line from just a few meters. Dalot again scored the third goal – this time on the wrong side (41st minute). In an attempt to save the ball, he scored a spectacular but unfortunate backheel into his own net. Ronaldo, who had missed other good opportunities to score a second goal, left the field in the 87th minute.
Lewandowski converts safely – winning goal comes late
In Glasgow’s Hamden Park, Robert Lewandowski set up Sebastian Szymanski’s 1-0 goal (8th minute), and the FC Barcelona star striker scored the second himself from the penalty spot (44th minute). Billy Gilmour (46th minute) shortened the deficit immediately after the break, and Scott McTominay (76th minute) even made it 2-2. When everything was pointing towards a draw, Nicola Zalewski (90th minute +7th minute/penalty) scored the winning goal deep into injury time.
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