Cristiano Ronaldo netted his fourth goal of the 2018 World Cup to become the second-highest goalscorer at international level and earned Portugal a nervy 1-0 win over Morocco.
The Real Madrid star continued his goal scoring form after the hattrick against Spain last week, with a fourth-minute header which was his 85th goal for his country in 152 games.
When João Moutinho dispatch a short corner in the 4th minute, Ronaldo bravely plunged into a header while Karim El Ahmadi's boot was just next to his face. From there on, both teams failed to find the net again until the final whistle.
No other European player has scored as many as the Portuguese and only Ali Daei, with 109 goals for Iran, is above him in the scoring charts.
The result gave Portugal four points from two games, in a strong position to progress from Group B while Morocco become the first team to be eliminated from the tournament after a second defeat in as many games.
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