Belmadi sends a message of thanks to Cristiano

Portugal beat Luxembourg 3-0 at the Jose Alfaladi Stadium on Friday in the Euro 2020 Group B qualifier.

Bernardo Silva opened the scoring in the 16th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo added the second in the 65th minute and Gonzalo Guedes finished third with a 89th-minute goal.

With that, the Portuguese team has 11 points in second place, from 5 games, while Luxembourg have 4 points in fourth place.

The Portuguese team relied heavily on the parties, with the advances of backs Semedo and Guerrero, along with the long balls of Bernardo Silva.

In contrast, Luxembourg failed to keep up with Portugal's fast-paced style.
The Portuguese team entered the atmosphere quickly, and Ronaldo tried to shoot from outside the area in the second minute, but his shot passed over the bar.

Joao Felix missed the opportunity to score Portugal's 14th-minute lead after a long-range pass from Bernardo behind the defenders.

Portugal took the lead in the 16th minute through Bernardo Silva, who took advantage of the unique individual effort from Semedo, who penetrated into the area and shot in the shadow of the goalkeeper, and the ball bounced back to Silva to put the net.

Ronaldo almost doubled the result, after he had the opportunity in the 23rd minute, where he penetrated and shot with his left foot a powerful ball, the keeper managed to stop it.

At the start of the second half, the Portuguese team continued to dominate, and almost scored the second goal after Bruno Fernandez fired a long-range rocket, which was saved by Luxembourg keeper twice.

And missed the "Don" the most dangerous chance in the 50th minute, scoring scissors from inside the area, after the ball arrived amid the absence of a full defensive, but went weak in the hands of the keeper.
In the 57th minute, Ronaldo continued his attempts on goal after he dribbled the defender of Luxembourg, to shoot in the far corner without the brilliance of Morris, who stood impenetrable dam.

Ronaldo finally scored in the 66th minute to score the second goal of Portugal, in a wonderful way, after the error of the defender of Luxembourg, who was pressured by Cristiano to extract the ball and goalkeeper, and shot over the keeper in the net.

The Juventus star almost to add his second goal, after a long ball from the midfield reached him, and tried to drop it from above the goalkeeper again, but passed next to the post.

Substitute Guedes scored the third goal of Portugal, 89 minutes, after a corner and reached inside the area, to hit the ball hit the foot of the defender of Luxembourg, and a mistake goalkeeper to enter the goal.