Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the opening four minutes on the way to a four-goal haul as European champion Portugal routed Andorra 6-0 in football World Cup qualifying on Friday, while France recovered from a goal down to thrash Bulgaria. The Real Madrid superstar was making his first appearance for Portugal since he was stretchered off injured and in tears from the final of Euro 2016 and he wasted no time in making up for his three-month absence from international football. France, agonisingly beaten by Portugal in Paris in the Euro final in July, returned to the scene of that heartbreak and got off to the worst possible start when it conceded after just six minutes at the Stade de France. Mihail Aleksandrov scored from the penalty spot to give the Bulgarians a shock lead in a very competitive-looking Group A. But the French stormed back with two goals from Kevin Gameiro —making his first international start in almost five years — in a convincing 4-1 win. Under-achieving Belgium a...
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