World Cup summary: Ronaldo with a hat trick when Portugal humiliated Luxembourg and Switzerland rioted
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Portugal defeated Luxembourg 5-0 in a World Cup qualifier at the Estadio Algarve on Tuesday evening.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the goal in the eighth minute with a penalty before he scored the 2-0 in the 13th minute after another penalty. Bruno Fernandes made it 3-0 after five minutes and gave Portugal a respite.
João Palhinha scored the fourth goal for Portugal in the second half before Ronaldo completed his hat-trick three minutes before half-time.
In the other game in Group A, Serbia beat Azerbaijan 3-1 to take them to the top of the group.
Group B
In Group B, Georgia scored a 2-1 win over Kosovo, with Zuriko Davitashvili taking the 82nd place winner.
Elsewhere, Sweden defeated ten-man Greece and took the lead with 15 points.
Other results
- Bulgaria 2-1 Northern Ireland
- Lithuania 4-0 Switzerland
- Kazakhstan 0-2 Finland
- Ukraine 1 – 1 Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Denmark – Austria 1-0
- Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland
- Israel 2-1 Moldova
- Albania 0-1 Poland
- England 1-1 Hungary
- San Marino 0-3 Andorra
