Cristiano Ronaldo stars in Portugal World Cup qualifier winRAFAEL MARCHANTE/REUTERS Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his second goal against Andorra. Madrid Euro 2016 finalists Portugal and France scored their first wins in qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup on Friday (Saturday NZT). Portugal - who started out with a shock 2-0 defeat in Switzerland in September - trounced minnows Andorra 6-0, with four goals from the rampant Cristiano Ronaldo plus strikes from Joao Cancelo and Andre Silva. Ronaldo missed the defeat in Switzerland with a left knee injury suffered in Portugal's 1-0 defeat of France in the Euro final in July. Elsewhere, Sweden got their first win, 1-0 in Luxembourg on a strike from Mikael Lustig.

Source: Stuff October 07, 2016 22:07 UTC