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Ronaldo nets 2 in Portugal's World Cup qualifier win
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal during the World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Hungary at the Luz stadium in Lisbon Saturday. (AP/Armando Franca)
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ristiano Ronaldo teamed up with rising talent Andre Silva to score twice and lead Portugal past Hungary 3-0 in World Cup qualifying on Saturday.
Silva scored the opening goal before setting up Ronaldo for his first strike four minutes later.
Ronaldo scored again from a free kick in the second half to seal the win for the European champions with his ninth goal in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Ronaldo leads scoring in qualification, followed by Poland's Robert Lewandowski with seven.
"We started off slowly, but the first goal gave our confidence a boost and the other goals came naturally," Ronaldo told Portuguese television.
With 70 career goals in 137 appearances for Portugal, Ronaldo moved to fourth on Europe's all-time scorers list. He trails only Miroslav Klose (71), Sandor Kocsis (75) and Ferenc Puskas (84).
Portugal strengthened its hold on second place in Europe Group B with 12 points, opening a gap over Hungary, which stayed with seven points in third.
