Portugal win as Ronaldo collects 199th cap

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Cristiano Ronaldo heads the ball for Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo won his 199th Portugal cap as his side cruised past Bosnia-Herzegovina to maintain their winning streak in their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.

Bruno Fernandes set up Bernardo Silva who opened the scoring with a chipped effort in the 44th minute.

Fernandes added a second through a 77th minute header and a third in the closing stages with a sweet strike.

Ronaldo had a first-half header ruled out for offside at Estadio da Luz.

Portugal stay top of Group J having won all three of their matches.

Coming into the fixture in Lisbon, Al Nassr's Ronaldo, 38, had scored four goals across two European Championship qualifiers in March.

He was fractionally offside when he nodded home Joao Cancelo's cross in the 23rd minute, but Portugal were able to canter to victory without their talisman among the goals.

Bosnia-Herzegovina are now fourth, four points behind second-placed Slovakia.

The visitors could have taken the lead midway through the first half but Edin Dzeko volleyed over when unmarked in the box.

Line-ups

Portugal

Formation 3-4-2-1

22Diogo Costa
14António Silva
4Rúben Dias
13DaniloBooked at 51mins
20Cancelo
6João PalhinhaSubstituted forJotaat 87'minutes
8Bruno Fernandes
5GuerreiroSubstituted forNélson Semedoat 78'minutes
10Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forOtávioat 87'minutes
11João FélixSubstituted forNevesat 62'minutes
7Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutes

1Rui Patrício
2Nélson Semedo
3Pepe
9Ricardo Horta
12Sá
15Otávio
16Inácio
17Rafael Leão
18Neves
19Dalot
21Jota
23Vitinha

Bos-Herze

Formation 5-3-2

12Sehic
21Dedic
3BarisicSubstituted forHamulicat 71'minutes
16Ahmedhodzic
6Sanicanin
5KolasinacSubstituted forGazibegovicat 79'minutes
13Cimirot
10PjanicBooked at 41minsSubstituted forPrcicat 79'minutes
18HadziahmetovicSubstituted forTahirovicat 72'minutesBooked at 84mins
20Stevanovic
11DzekoSubstituted forVaresanovicat 79'minutes

Substitutes

1Vasilj
2Milicevic
4Gazibegovic
7Menalo
8Prcic
9Prevljak
14Tahirovic
15Bilbija
17Kodro
19Varesanovic
22Piric
23Hamulic

Live Text

Match ends, Portugal 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.
Second Half ends, Portugal 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.
Goal! Portugal 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
Offside, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Amar Dedic tries a through ball, but Saïd Hamulic is caught offside.
Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
Attempt saved. Saïd Hamulic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sanjin Prcic.
Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Jota replaces João Palhinha.
Substitution, Portugal. Otávio replaces Bernardo Silva.
Benjamin Tahirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
João Cancelo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Benjamin Tahirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Attempt saved. Amar Dedic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Tahirovic.
Offside, Portugal. Danilo Pereira tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jusuf Gazibegovic replaces Sead Kolasinac.
Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sanjin Prcic replaces Miralem Pjanic.
Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dal Varesanovic replaces Edin Dzeko.
Substitution, Portugal. Nélson Semedo replaces Raphaël Guerreiro.
Goal! Portugal 2, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0. Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rúben Neves with a cross.
Corner, Portugal. Conceded by Sinisa Sanicanin.