<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/ronaldos-first-season-in-saudi-ends-without-title-23289165" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo</strong></a> marked his 200th international appearance with a winner as Portugal beat Iceland 1-0 in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/euro-2024-qualifier-thibaut-courtois-to-miss-estonia-tie-amid-captaincy-row-reports-23293283" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Euro 2024</strong></a> qualifying on Tuesday, while Erling Haaland netted twice for Norway.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, Belgium brushed aside the Thibaut Courtois captaincy row by seeing off Estonia thanks to a Romelu Lukaku double in Tallinn and Moldova came from two goals down to stun Poland.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Portugal appeared to be heading towards a drab goalless draw in Reykjavik until Willum Thor Willumsson was sent off late on. Ronaldo struggled for much of the match but repaid coach Roberto Martinez&rsquo;s faith by slotting home from Goncalo Inacio&rsquo;s knock-down in the 89th minute. &ldquo;It was a nice script [for Ronaldo]. There was incredible celebration, the first men&rsquo;s player ever in world football to get 200 international games,&rdquo; Martinez told uefa.com.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The former <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/jude-bellingham-handed-zidane-iconic-no-5-shirt-after-completing-move-to-real-madrid-23292486" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Real Madrid</strong></a> and Manchester United star&rsquo;s record-extending 123rd international goal was initially ruled out for offside before being awarded by VAR. &ldquo;For me it&rsquo;s an unbelievable achievement, it&rsquo;s amazing,&rdquo; said the 38-year-old Ronaldo. &ldquo;And of course to score the winning goal, it&rsquo;s even more special.&rdquo; Portugal remain two points clear of Slovakia at the top of Group J after a fourth straight win.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Lukaku stars for Belgium</h2>
<p>With Courtois back home, Lukaku was named skipper again and responded by scoring two goals in a 3-0 success which helped Belgium stay second in Group F.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Austria remained three points clear in first place, albeit having played a game more than Belgium, as Christoph Baumgartner scored twice in the last 10 minutes to clinch a 2-0 win over Sweden. &nbsp;</p>
<h2>Norway&rsquo;s Haaland two good</h2>
<p>Haaland&rsquo;s brace helped Norway bounce back from their dramatic defeat to Scotland at the weekend with a 3-1 victory against Cyprus.<br />&nbsp;<br />That kept their slim hopes of reaching a first major tournament since 2000 alive, although they only sit third in Group A and just one point ahead of Spain having played two games more than the three-time champions. Poland fell to fourth place in Group E after blowing a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to Moldova in Chisinau.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Moldova, who had won only one of their last 43 Euro and World Cup qualifying matches, appeared to have been safely dispatched by first-half goals from Arkadiusz Milik and Robert Lewandowski.&nbsp;</p>
<p>But Ion Nicolaescu&rsquo;s double left Poland reeling and Vladyslav Baboglo, who plays his club football for Ukrainian team Oleksandriya, headed past Wojciech Szczesny to score a dramatic 85th-minute winner.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/records-all-euround-23293442" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Records all 'Euround'!</a></strong></p>
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