Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo bag more achievements
March 24, 2023
Widely regarded as the best footballers of their generation and at times of all times, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were in action for their nations last night.
Ronaldo inspired his Portugal national team to a 4 over lowly ranked Liechtenstein (198).
The Portuguese bagged a brace in the second half after goals from Joao Cancelo amd Bernardo Silva.
Ronaldo scored a penalty in the 51st minute and a free kick in the 63rd minute.
The former Manchester United forward became the most capped player in international football with 197 starts.
Ronaldo’s brace also also took him to 100 competitive goals for Portugal and 120 overall.
On the other hand it was jubilation scenes in Argentina as the La Abiceleste took on Panama in a friendly.
The world champions triumphed by 2-0.
Thiago Armada opened the scoring for Argentina after a Messi free kick bounced off the crossbar.
The PSG attacker bagged the second of the night for the South Americans in the 89th minute through a freekick.
This was his 800th career goal.