{"id":214628,"date":"2026-06-23T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/portugal-vs-uzbekistan-live-updates-record-breaking-ronaldo-scores-twice-in-2026-world-cup-game-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:49:02","slug":"portugal-vs-uzbekistan-live-updates-record-breaking-ronaldo-scores-twice-in-2026-world-cup-game-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/portugal-vs-uzbekistan-live-updates-record-breaking-ronaldo-scores-twice-in-2026-world-cup-game-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal vs Uzbekistan live updates: Record-breaking Ronaldo scores twice in 2026 World Cup game &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Cup<br \/>FIFA World<br \/>Cup 2026<br \/>Advertisement<br \/>live<br \/>Updated <time datetime=\"2026-06-23T18:48:04.041Z\">58s ago<\/time><br \/><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo has opened his 2026 World Cup account, scoring twice as Portugal opened up a 3-0 lead against Uzbekistan.<\/strong><br \/>Ronaldo opened the scoring with a close-range finish to become the first man to score at six World Cups. He then added his second shortly before half-time with another composed finish.<br \/>Nuno Mendes had made it 2-0 when he smashed in a free kick that everyone \u2014 including goalkeeper Abduvohid Nematov \u2014 thought Ronaldo was about to take.<br \/>Portugal scored their fourth in the second half when Abdukodir Khusanov turned the ball into his own net.<br \/><strong>83\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Rafael Leao is on in place of Vintinha, who has done plenty of running today.<br \/><strong>80\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Portugal are doing all they can to find a fifth goal but the tempo has dropped somewhat in this one. <br \/><strong>75\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>&quot;All of the GOATS have come to be party,&quot; says ITV commentator Sam Matterface. GOATS? Plural? Is that possible? There can only be one &#x27;greatest of all time&#x27;, can&#x27;t there? Yes, I am being pedantic. Sorry. Not sorry.<br \/><strong>75\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>That was the moment, surely!<br \/>Ronaldo wins the ball back in the box, the ball sits up nicely and his left-footed effort is saved by Nematov.<br \/><strong>73\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>That was not far away from Ronaldo, who is fed by Semedo and tries to whip a shot around the corner but it goes behind.<br \/><strong>71\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>A quick pause in the action as Portugal continue to dominate Uzbekistan. It\u2019s also a good moment to look back at Portugal\u2019s World Cup story: their biggest group-stage win remains that unforgettable 7-0 victory over North Korea in 2010. Ronaldo was part of that historic night in South Africa, scoring one of the goals.<br \/><strong>68\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Time for both sets of players to regroup&#8230;<br \/><strong>68\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Ronaldo has taken a blow. Nuno Mendes has taken a blow. Vintinha, Joao Neves and Bruno spared so far. But surely Martinez has to get some of his key players off the field now.<br \/><strong>68\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Ronaldo is doing all he can to get his hat-trick here, as he races forward to try and get on the end of a Fernandes free kick.<br \/>Whether he gets a third before being taken off \u2014 and at a certain point you think that will need to happen \u2014 remains to be seen.<br \/><strong>65\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Some of the creativity from Portugal\u2019s set pieces have been excellent. The real star of the show in the Portuguese squad? Set-piece coach Austin McPhee.<br \/><strong>64\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Off goes Joao Felix and Francisco Trincao is on to replace him.<br \/><strong>61\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>How, indeed. <br \/>Ronaldo was in the mix at the near post, Felix got a flick but it came off Khusanov last and will go down as an own goal.<br \/>Not clean, but they will take it.<br \/><strong>61\u2019 Portugal 4-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>It&#x27;s carnage in the box from the corner and Joao Felix gets the last Portugal touch on a bundle at the near post before the ball squirmed over the line. <br \/>A fourth goal for Portugal!<br \/><strong>60\u2019 Portugal 3-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>That was an incredible set-piece decoy run from Ronaldo.<br \/>He ran through the wall rather than taking the free kick, Fernandes clipped it over the top and Ronaldo very nearly won a one-on-one with the goalkeeper. <br \/>He was down after colliding with Nematov but it back on his feet now and Portugal have a corner.<br \/><strong>58\u2019 Portugal 3-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Let&#x27;s see what they have up their sleeve for this one as Ronaldo stands over it \u2014 it&#x27;s a very long way out&#8230;<br \/><strong>55\u2019 Portugal 3-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>That wasn&#x27;t too far away from Shukurov!<br \/>He gets a shot away at the top of the box and it clips off a Portugal leg on the way out behind for a corner. <br \/><strong>54\u2019 Portugal 3-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>The game has gone a bit flat since half-time. Not great for viewers but perfect for Portugal.<br \/>If it slows down, they can manage the game and conserve energy for that big game at the weekend.<br \/><strong>52\u2019 Portugal 3-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>Ronaldo races through and pressurises he goalkeeper into a mistake at the back but Nematov is able to skew the ball out for a throw in.<br \/>The Uzbekistan defenders fail to clear their lines and Portugal nearly regain possession in the box \u2014 Cannevaro&#x27;s side need to be sharper there.<br \/><strong>48\u2019 Portugal 3-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><br \/>That is not far away from Joao Felix!<br \/>He finds a bit of space about 30 yards out, swivels and hits a shot but there is not quite enough dip on it to bring it under the bar. <br \/>A decent effort.<br \/>Team Stats<br \/>POR<br \/>UZB<br \/>Game Details<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPNVhnNWttaHJzYTM0cEhtSUx5TTd4QzZESmlBQVFJdUFxYnNiWVdBdWg4QmJpNW02UERGcDl6UzNfc01teHVyQnlJQUFYUW5idDBVd19DZzJsa3REZzJSMU0tdGVqeGw3TGJXTHh4cmpFdDRQTlFYaHRxT0FVRXNRSFR3Y1RMaHMxUTZaUFdMT2ViUG9yWmNlcU9pQWgxUnFJOU5XcjQwRzE1VFlOQS1aV0YxWDVMdzh1Tl9nNzl3?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World CupFIFA WorldCup 2026AdvertisementliveUpdated 58s agoCristiano Ronaldo has opened his 2026 World Cup account, scoring twice as Portugal opened up a 3-0 lead against Uzbekistan.Ronaldo opened the scoring with a close-range finish to become the first man to score at six World Cups. He then added his second shortly before half-time with another composed finish.Nuno [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-214628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}