On Wednesday (12), Portuguese superstar Cron missed two matches in the early hours of the morning in international warm-up matches and made a strong comeback in this match, immediately scoring two goals to improve his national team's scoring record to 130 goals. In the early hours of the following Wednesday (19th), Portugal eventually beat Ireland 3-0 and face the Czech Republic in the first round of the European Nations.
Cron was rested for Portugal's first two warm-up matches against Finland and Croatia, the last warm-up matches before the Euros. Leader Martinez fielded a strong team, including the return of Cron. The game started with Portugal opening the record books, like Nou Fernandes' shot from a wonderful pass to Ofelix.
After the change of sides, it became showtime for Cron, including a brilliant left-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area to the dead center of the far post into the net in the 50th minute. Ten minutes later, the 39-year-old scored another goal, a personal double. It is worth mentioning that Cron missed his 'hat-trick' opportunity early in the game when his penalty kick hit the wall and then bounced off the post.
Cron himself is already the player with the most entries into the PoW in the history of men's international football, and after scoring 2 goals in this match, he changed the record to 130. After the match, Cron took to social networks: "Great victory, into the Europa League! Portugal is in Group F of the Eurocup against Czech Republic, Georgia and Turkey. I believe it will be difficult to advance.
