With his 900th career goal,  Cristiano Ronaldo got the best of Luka Modri in the duel of veterans in the Nations League on 39-year-old Ronaldo became the first man to reach the 900-goal milestone in official matches for club and country by scoring in Portugal's 2-1 win over Modric's Croatia."It means a lot https://www.portugalworldcupshop.com/collections/joao-neves-jersey 
, " Ronaldo said. "It was a milestone I wanted to reach for a long time. I knew I would reach this number,  because as I continue to play,  it would happen naturally."Ronaldo found the net in the 34th minute at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon to put Portugal up 2-1. He put his hands to his head and dropped to his knees during the celebration."It was emotional because it's a milestone, " he said. "It seems like any other milestone,  but only I know,  and the people around me https://www.portugalworldcupshop.com/collections/diogo-dalot-jersey 
,  how hard it is to work every day,  to be physically and psychologically fit,  to score 900 goals. It's a unique milestone in my career."It was Ronaldo's 131st international career 's career rival,  Lionel Messi,  won the World Cup with Argentina in Associated Press contributed to this story.