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Euro 2024 qualifiers: Ronaldo earns 199th cap in Portugal win as Lukaku scores for Belgium

Cristiano Ronaldo earned his 199th international cap on Saturday as a Bruno Fernandes brace helped Portugal beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 to maintain their perfect record in Euro 2024 qualifying.

Bernardo Silva, fresh from celebrating Manchester City's treble, opened the scoring just before the break at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, and Manchester United star Fernandes headed in the second with 13 minutes remaining.

Fernandes then got his second in stoppage time to secure a comfortable victory. Portugal have now scored 13 goals and conceded none while winning their opening three matches in Group J.

They sit top of the six-team section, two points clear of Slovakia and five above Luxembourg, with the top two sides advancing to next year's finals in Germany.

Roberto Martinez's Portugal side visit Iceland on Tuesday when another victory will take the Euro 2016 winners a step closer to securing qualification.

"Our attitude as a team was spectacular but the difficulty for us was more to do with mental fatigue than anything physical," said Martinez, who was not fully satisfied with the display. "We played more with our hearts than our heads. We still need to develop our full potential."

Ronaldo wore the captain's armband and played all 90 minutes as the 38-year-old men's international appearance record-holder won his 199th cap.

However, the Al Nassr forward did not manage to add to his record 122 international goals – he found the net with a header midway through the first half only to be denied by an offside flag.

"Cristiano Ronaldo's commitment to the national team is exemplary," said Martinez. "He is a unique player in world football, and he is very important in our dressing room."

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