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Ronaldo becomes European championship record scorer


Wed 16 Jun 2021 | 06:56 PM
Mohamed Helba

Cristiano Ronaldo became the top scorer in men's European Championship history as Portugal defeated Hungary in front of more than 60,000 fans in Budapest.

Ronaldo converted an 87th-minute penalty for his 10th goal in the competition, overtaking France's Michel Platini on nine goals.

His 11th came only a few minutes later when he took the ball around goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi for Portugal's third.

Hungary had looked on course for an unlikely draw against the defending champions until they conceded three times late on.

The deadlock was broken in the 84th minute when Raphael Guerreiro's shot with the outside of the foot took a massive deflection off defender Willi Orban to break Hungary's brave resistance.