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Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Europe's top scorer

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrating their first goal against Morocco at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow of Russia  on Wednesday. -Reuters Photo
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrating their first goal against Morocco at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow of Russia on Wednesday. -Reuters Photo

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Portugal's superstar Cristiano Ronaldo became all-time leading international scorer of Europe with 85 goals with Portugal's opening strike in World Cup Group B match against Morocco on Wednesday.

The 33-year-old Real Madrid forward scored in the fourth minute against Morocco to give Portugal the early lead and is now only behind Ali Daei of Iran, on 109 goals, in the global all-time scoring charts, reports Reuters.

Morocco, who will become the first team who are unable to progress to the next stage if they lose, found space to attack but had trouble getting into the Portuguese box in the first half.

Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in Portugal's dramatic 3-3 draw against Spain on Friday to match Hungarian great Ferenc Puskas as Europe's record top scorer with 84 goals.

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