Belgium rampant as Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal survive scare in 2018 World Cup qualifiers
Romelu Lukaku and Dries Mertens score twice as Belgians beat Estonia 8-1, while a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo helps the European champions down Latvia 4-1
Belgium hammered Estonia 8-1 to go clear in group H of Europe’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal survived a scare before overcoming Latvia 4-1 on Sunday.
Romelu Lukaku and Dries Mertens each scored twice as Belgium ran rampant with further goals from Thomas Meunier, Eden Hazard, Yannick Carrasco and an own goal to make it four wins from four.
In the same group Greece scored a 95th minute equaliser through Giorgos Tzavellas after a free kick had given Bosnia the lead as the ball rebounded back off the post and in off goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis.
The point for Greece means they have 10 from four games in group H, two behind Belgium.
Gibraltar made a piece of history and were level for a while in Cyprus before going down agonisingly 3-1, but they had cause to celebrate a significant consolation with Lee Casciaro’s 51st minute equaliser their first ever World Cup qualifier away goal.