Since turning 30, Ronaldo has scored 85 goals for Portugal.

By way of comparison only five other players have ever scored more than 85 goals.

So that means in the second half of his international career he has scored more than legends like Ferenc Puskas, Pele, Diego Maradona and Gerd Muller – or current players like Neymar and Harry Kane – have in their entire international careers.

“It’s difficult to put into words. He takes each day as an opportunity to get better,” said Portugal boss Roberto Martinez.

“As a human, when you have success, you wake up and you have less hunger. But not Cristiano.”

While his international teammate, Bernardo Silva, added: “It’s his ambition to keep going.

“It’s never easy – to still be hungry to go every day.

“He’s been doing this for more than 20 years. It’s tough, but he’s here with us and we’re happy he scored again.”