{"id":50095,"date":"2026-06-24T00:58:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=50095"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:13:59","slug":"ronaldos-brace-powers-portugal-to-dominant-5-0-victory-over-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/ronaldos-brace-powers-portugal-to-dominant-5-0-victory-over-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo&#8217;s brace powers Portugal to dominant 5-0 victory over Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, June 24:<\/strong>\u00a0Captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal cruised to a commanding 5-0 victory over Uzbekistan in the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Tuesday night, moving to the top of Group K.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo&#8217;s historic brace, along with goals from Nuno Mendes and Rafael Le\u00e3o, plus an own goal from Uzbekistan, secured an emphatic win for the Portuguese side at Houston Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal took the lead in the sixth minute when Ronaldo finished from a pass by Jo\u00e3o Cancelo. The goal made him the first player in history to score in six different FIFA World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes doubled Portugal\u2019s advantage in the 17th minute with a superb free-kick before Ronaldo struck again in the 39th minute, converting a pass from Bruno Fernandes to give his side a 3-0 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>With his second goal of the night, Ronaldo also became Portugal\u2019s all-time leading scorer in FIFA World Cup history, surpassing the previous record of nine goals held by Eus\u00e9bio.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal extended their lead in the 60th minute when Uzbekistan goalkeeper Abduvohid Nematov inadvertently turned the ball into his own net.<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00e3o completed the scoring in the 87th minute, sealing a comprehensive 5-0 victory for Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The win moves Portugal to the top of Group K with four points from two matches, while Uzbekistan remain bottom of the standings without a point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, June 24:\u00a0Captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal cruised to a commanding 5-0 victory over Uzbekistan in the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Tuesday night, moving to the top of Group K. Ronaldo&#8217;s historic brace, along with goals from Nuno Mendes and Rafael Le\u00e3o, plus an own goal from Uzbekistan, secured an emphatic win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50097,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50095\/revisions\/50097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}