Ronaldo boss around in Bosnia

Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Roberto Martinezrsquos relentless Portugal thrashed Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 on Monday in Euro 2024 qualifyingPortugal who booked their place at the tournament in Germany next summer with a win over Slovakia last Friday continued their superb form under the Spanish coach with their eighth victory in eight games since he arrivedBruno scores third goalRonaldo netted his 126th and 127th Portugal goals further extending his record as the top alltime menrsquos international goalscorer Manchester Unitedrsquos Bruno Fernandes added the third before Barcelona duo Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix joined in the fun all before halftime Bosnia led by veteran targetman Edin Dzeko languish fifth and can no longer progress from the group after Slovakia beat Luxembourg 10Bosnia have two games remaining and are seven points behind secondplaced Slovakia in Group J with Portugal the runaway leaders Martinezrsquos side have scored 32 goals and only conceded twice racking up all 24 points possible so farAlNassr striker Ronaldo 38 opened the scoring from the penalty spot and dinked home his second with a neat finish but was replaced by Martinez after 65 minutes while still in search of his hattrickAlso ReadMan Utd fans seek clarity as Ratcliffe eyes minority stakeThe former Real Madrid forward was also confronted by a pitch invader shortly before halftime but stewards swiftly intervenedFernandes and Cancelo finished with sublime accuracy and power as the hostsrsquo defence crumbled miserably while Felix stroked in the fifth Bosnia tightened up in the second half but it was far too little far too lateHolland skipper Virgil van Dijk celebrates scoring v GreeceVan Dijk shines for DutchMeanwhile Slovakia solidified their grip on second place with a 10 victory in Luxembourg Gylfi Sigurdsson scored twice for Iceland as they stayed in contention with a 40 rout of Liechtenstein Virgil van Dijk converted a stoppagetime penalty to earn the Netherlands a crucial 10 victory away to Greece in Group B Wout Weghorst had a firsthalf spotkick saved for the Dutch in Athens but Liverpool defender Van Dijk made no mistake after a foul on Denzel DumfriesThe Netherlands drew level on 12 points with Greece and have the headtohead advantage after beating them home and awayRonald Koemanrsquos team also have a game in hand on their rivals as they bid to wrap up second behind group winners FranceBrightonrsquos rising 18yearold star Evan Ferguson was among the scorers as the Republic of Ireland dispatched Gibraltar 40 in PortugalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever