Ronaldo scores hat trick as Portugal routs Lithuania 6-0

By: The Associated Press Posted: 4:03 PM CST Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019

FARO, Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Portugal cruised to a 6-0 win over Lithuania to move closer to a 2020 European Championship spot on Thursday.

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FARO, Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Portugal cruised to a 6-0 win over Lithuania to move closer to a 2020 European Championship spot on Thursday.

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FARO, Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Portugal cruised to a 6-0 win over Lithuania to move closer to a 2020 European Championship spot on Thursday.

Pizzi Fernandes, Gonçalo Paciência and Bernardo Silva also scored for the defending European champions, who can qualify with a win in its final Group B match on Sunday at Luxembourg.

The rout against last-place Lithuania gave Portugal 14 points, five fewer than group leader Ukraine — which has already qualified — and one point more than third-place Serbia, which beat Luxembourg 3-2.

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, celebrates with teammate Bernardo Silva after scoring their side's sixth goal during the Euro 2020 group B qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Lithuania at the Algarve stadium outside Faro, Portugal, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Ronaldo reached 98 career goals with Portugal after converting a penalty kick in the seventh minute, hitting the top corner with a curling shot from outside the area in the 22nd, and finding the net from close range in the 65th.

It was the ninth hat trick with Portugal for Ronaldo, and the 55th of his career for club and nation.

He has 10 goals in seven qualifying matches.

Ronaldo missed a golden chance for his fourth goal when his shot from near the penalty spot sailed over the crossbar in the 68th. He also could have added another in the first half had the referee not reversed a penalty decision in Portugal’s favour after conferring with his assistants.