The 38-year-old netted a double in opposition to Liechtenstein on Thursday and scored twice extra in Luxembourg to increase his tally of worldwide objectives to 122 in 198 matches.
Joao Felix, Bernardo Silva, Otavio and Rafael Leao added different objectives to place Portugal high of Group J after a simple begin to their qualifying marketing campaign.
New coach Roberto Martinez restored Ronaldo to the beginning line-up final week and stored religion in him for the match in Luxembourg, the place the veteran celebrity took simply 9 minutes to open the scoring as he headed dwelling Nuno Mendes’ hovering header. touched the
Joao Felix doubled the lead within the fifteenth minute when he bought on the top of Silva’s cross. Silva himself scored with a strong effort three minutes after being arrange by João Palhinha.
Bruno Fernandes, with a ball over the defence, arrange Ronaldo for the fourth simply after the half-hour mark, which was completed with pin-point accuracy.
Luxembourg in hassle within the first half however provided extra resistance after the break earlier than Rafael Leao’s looping cross volleyed fellow substitute Otavio to take Portugal’s fifth.
Rubén Neves, but to attain for Portugal, hit the crossbar with an 83rd-minute freekick earlier than Luxembourg captain Laurent Gens netted a penalty after tripping Rafael Leão.
The AC Milan ahead rose from the turf to take the kick however his effort was saved by Luxembourg keeper Anthony Morais.
However Rafael Leao ran half the size of the sector to latch onto Rubén Neves’ go and minimize inside earlier than squeezing the ball dwelling for a 6–0 scoreline with two minutes remaining.