Ronaldo bags hat-trick, closes on 100 goals in Portugal rout


Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Group B - Portugal v Lithuania - Estadio Algarve Faro Portugal - November 14 2019  Portugals Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their second goal   REUTERSPedro Nunes

Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Group B - Portugal v Lithuania - Estadio Algarve, Faro, Portugal - November 14, 2019 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

FARO, Portugal (Reuters) - Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored another treble, moving closer to 100 international goals, as he led the European champions to a 6-0 drubbing of Lithuania in a Euro 2020 qualifier on Thursday.

Ronaldo, whose hat-trick was the 55th of his career and ninth for Portugal, has 98 goals and could become only the second player to score a century for his country after Iran's Ali Daei.

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