Hungary 0-3 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo breaks European Championship record as holders

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes greatest goalscorer in European Championship finals history as Portugal late show stuns Hungary; Szabolcs Schon goal disallowed for offside before hosts defeated by heavily deflected Raphael Guerreiro opener and two Ronaldo goals.

The reigning European champions dominated the first half in the hostile, 60,000 capacity Puskas Arena but failed to convert their chances, with Ronaldo, Diogo Jota and Bernardo Silva all guilty of squandering opportunities before the break.

Hungary’s hopes of causing an upset grew after the interval and they looked to have stunned holders Portugal when substitute Szabolcs Schon found the back of the net, only for it to be ruled out for offside.

On the day he became the first player to appear in five European Championships, Ronaldo overtook Michel Platini’s long-standing record tally of nine goals with a clinical penalty three minutes from time.

Player ratings

Hungary: Gulacsi (8), Botka (6), Orban (7), A. Szalai (7), Lovrencsics (6), Kleinheisler (7), Nagy (6), Schafer (7), Fiola (6), Szalai (6), Sallai (6).

Subs: Nego (5), Siger (5), Schon (6).

Portugal: Patricio (7), Semedo (6), Dias (7), Pepe (8), Guerreiro (7), Danilo (6), Carvalho (6), Fernandes (6), Ronaldo (8), Jota (6), B. Silva (6).

Subs: Rafa Silva (5), Sanches (n/a)

Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo.

Record-breaking Ronaldo – Match stats

• Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in European Championship Finals history to score 10+ goals in the competition (11), overtaking Michel Platini’s record of nine (all scored in the 1984 edition).
• There were just 177 seconds between Portugal opening the scoring and taking a 2-0 lead through Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty – in converting his spot-kick, the Juventus striker became the oldest player to score for Portugal at a major tournament (World Cup & Euros), aged 36 years and 130 days.
• Portugal equalled their largest margin of victory at the European Championships, with their previous victories by three goals coming in 1996 (3-0 v Croatia) and 2000 (3-0 v Germany).
• Hungary are winless in their last four games at the European Championships (D2 L2), conceding at least three goals in each of the last three (two of those against Portugal).
• Portugal became the first team in the history of the European Championships to score three goals in the final 10 minutes of a game.