Euro 2024 qualifiers: Cristiano Ronaldo scores late winner for Portugal

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Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to victory over Iceland as he became the first player to reach 200 international appearances. </p>

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The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star was honoured ahead of his country's European Championship Group J qualifier in Reykjavik with a Guinness World Records certificate. </p>

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And Ronaldo, 38, who broke Kuwait forward Bader Al-Mutawa's 196-cap record in March, scored the only goal of the game in the closing stages with his 123rd for Portugal. </p>

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Iceland were reduced to 10 men after 80 minutes when Willum Willumsson was sent off. </p>

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After four matches played, Portugal sit two points clear of Slovakia, who won 1-0 at Liechtenstein thanks to Denis Vavro's first-half strike. </p>

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In the group's other fixture, Luxembourg secured a 2-0 win at Bosnia. </p>

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Manchester City's Erling Haaland continued his incredible scoring run with a double in Norway's 3-1 victory against Cyprus. </p>

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After Ola Solbakken netted Norway's opener in the Group A clash, Haaland scored two goals - one from the penalty spot - in four second-half minutes to end the season with a remarkable 56 strikes for club and country, and contribute to Norway's first win of their qualifying campaign. </p>

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Romelu Lukaku put his Champions League final disappointment behind him with a brace in Belgium's 3-0 win at Estonia. </p>

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Lukaku, who made a second-half appearance for Inter Milan in their defeat against City earlier this month, scored twice in the first half to put the visitors in control. </p>

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Johan Bakayoko completed a comfortable Group F win for the Red Devils with a third in the closing minutes. </p>

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Belgium remain three points adrift of Austria, who stay top of the group following a late victory against Sweden. </p>

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The fixture looked to be heading for a goalless draw before Christoph Baumgartner netted a brace for the home side. Austria have played one game more than Belgium. </p>

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In Group G, Hungary took top spot after winning 2-0 against Lithuania, while Serbia secured a 1-1 draw in Bulgaria following Darko Lazovic's stoppage-time equaliser. </p>

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Meanwhile, in Group E, Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski scored for Poland but could not stop his side from slipping to a 3-2 defeat in Moldova as Albania claimed a 3-1 win in the Faroe Islands. </p>

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