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Cristiano Ronaldo won the battle between two of Europe’s in-form strikers as Portugal defeated Mohamed Salah’s Egypt 2-1 in Zurich.<\/p>\n

The European champions trailed until the 90th minute before Ronaldo scored twice to steal victory.<\/p>\n

Salah opened the scoring after the interval with a sweet left-footed drive from outside the area.<\/p>\n

But Ronaldo made it 43 goals in 40 appearances this term as Portugal laid down a marker before the World Cup.<\/p>\n

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Top goalscorers in international football<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ali Daei (Iran) – 109 goals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary) – 84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 81<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan) – 80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Godfrey Chitalu (Zambia) – 79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

After a tame first half, Liverpool forward Salah backed up his impressive four-goal performance against Watford on Saturday with a smart finish to give Egypt the lead.<\/p>\n

With the clock ticking down and with victory for Egypt in sight, Portugal’s captain equalised and then sealed the win with two powerful headers in the dying minutes.<\/p>\n

Next up for Portugal is the Netherlands –\u00a0who fell to defeat against England on Friday evening\u00a0– while Egypt face Greece.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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