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Ronaldo collects 199th cap as Portugal win

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Cristiano Ronaldo won his 199th Portugal cap as his side cruised past Bosnia-Herzegovina to maintain their winning streak in their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.

Bruno Fernandes set up Bernardo Silva who opened the scoring with a chipped effort in the 44th minute. Fernandes added a second through a 77th minute header and a third in the closing stages with a sweet strike.

Ronaldo had a first-half header ruled out for offside at Estadio da Luz. The great Portuguese is the all-time international record scorer with 122 goals in 199 caps for Portugal

Portugal stay top of Group J having won all three of their matches.

Coming into the fixture in Lisbon, Ronaldo, 38, had scored four goals across two European Championship qualifiers in March.

Bosnia-Herzegovina are now fourth, four points behind second-placed Slovakia.

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