Topics: UEFA Euro 2020, Portugal, Hungary, Cristiano Ronaldo
After being silent for the majority of the game, the Portuguese stalwart eventually turned up when right at the death to fire his side to glory.

Cristiano Ronaldo has entered the history books of the European Championship after firing Portugal to an emphatic 3-0 win over Hungary on Tuesday night. The 36-year-old forward hit a brace in his side's opening group fixture to become the all-time highest goalscorer in the competition's history and the first European to score in nine consecutive major tournaments.

It was generally an enjoyable clash and the outcome was not a fair reflection of how things turned out. Up until the 84th minute, it looked certain that Hungary were going to get at least a point to take home, having previous had a goal ruled for offside. However, the narrative was not meant to be with Portugal getting the eventual opener through Raphael Guerrero's deflected shot.

Three minutes later, a foul on Rafa Silva by Willi Orban in the Hungarian penalty box handed Ronaldo the opportunity to open his account in the campaign, beating goalkeeper Gulacsi from the spot. The Juventus talisman then sealed the win inthe 92nd minute by sitting the RB Leipzig shot-stopper down after a well worked move starring Rafa Silva once more.

With Portugal securing the three points ahead of their next clash with Germany, Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Michel Platini's record as the all-time highest goalscorer in the Euros with his 11th goal of the tournament. The Frenchman was previously tied on nine goals with the Portuguese skipper. In addition, Ronaldo became the first European to score in nine major tournament, and only the second player in history to attain the milestone after Ghana's Asamoah Gyan.

At the age of 36y ears and 130 days, he has become the oldest player to score two or more goals in a European Championship match, taking the record from Andriy Shevchenko. The current head coach of the Ukraine men's national team was 35 years and 256 days old when he scored a brace against Sweden for the Blue and Yellow in 2012.