Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to score at six different World Cup tournaments

[p]The 41-year-old received some heavy criticism for a largely anonymous performance in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portugal/WvJrjFVN/"]Portugal[/a]’s World Cup opener against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/d-r-congo/phn9mm8H/"]DR Congo[/a].[/p][p]In dire need of a win following their 1-1 draw, it took just six minutes for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ronaldo-cristiano/WGOY4FSt/"]Ronaldo[/a] to score the opener against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uzbekistan/EZYKKRMc/"]Uzbekistan[/a].[/p][image alt="Ronaldo goal sequence" id="3aaa9f07-7e67-4a51-9c70-d1f5c35f682f" credit-line="REUTERS / Pedro Nunes / Opta by StatsPerform" guid="f499eed1-3294-4620-8557-bb7d83cae168" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cancelo-joao/dAyeWYpm/"]Joao Cancelo[/a] swung in a lovely ball, finding Ronaldo at the near post, who then tucked it away with an instinctive first-time finish.[/p][p]After failing to net ​in his previous 10 games at ​major tournaments, Ronaldo managed to grab a second goal of the game, moving his overall tally at World Cups to 10 - surpassing Eusebio's record.[/p][p]He now also has 145 international goals in 230 appearances, both of which are records in men’s international football.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]