Cristiano Ronaldo sinks Morocco as he sets yet another record

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the World Cup competition on Wednesday as Portugal beat Morocco 1-0, condemning the north African team to an early exit while 2010 champions Spain prepared to play Iran.

The five-time world player of the year netted with an early header to go with the hat-trick he scored to rescue the European champions against Spain in their tournament opener.

The Real Madrid player now has 85 international goals the highest by an European player

“I’m happy I scored the goal but the most important thing is that we won the game. We have to think match by match in order to progress,” he said.