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Originally Posted by Bagor
4-2 for the 10 men of Portugal against the 9 men of Norn Iron.
And congrats to hat-trick Ronaldo, for drawing with and overtaking Eusebio to beome Portugal's all time leading goalscorer. (43)
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Pretty sure Pauleta is the all time Portuguese leading goal scorer. Ronaldo is pretty close to him with the hat trick though.
It's pretty sad that it took Northern Ireland going down to 9 men for Portugal to take control of today's match. They got the 3 points and I guess that's all that matters, but it's tough to get confident with this squad. Portugal doing their usual frustrating qualifying routine. They'll get to the playoffs and probably get a decent draw as FIFA wants Ronaldo in the tournament. I could see Portugal getting Norway or one of the weaker runner ups in the playoffs.