Roundup: Ronaldo’s hat trick helps Portugal salvage draw with Spain

Cristiano Ronaldo completed his hat trick with a free-kick goal in the 88th minute as Portugal salvaged a 3-3 draw with Spain in the World Cup opener for both teams Friday in Sochi, Russia.

The 33-year-old Ronaldo became the oldest player to score a hat trick in World Cup history and the fourth player in history to score a goal in four World Cups, but left the match in the final moments of stoppage time with an apparent injury.

Spain’s Nacho Fernandez scored in the 58th minute to put Spain ahead 3-2. Daniel Costa had two goals for the 2010 World Cup champions.

Uruguay 1, Egypt 0

Jose Gimenez scored in the 89th minute to lift Uruguay over Egypt at Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Carlos Sanchez took a free kick and sent a cross toward the goal and Gimenez tallied on a header to give Uruguay its first win in a World Cup opener since 1960. Uruguay outshot Egypt 14-8 in the Group A match.

Egypt played without star striker Mohamed Salah, who injured his shoulder last month in the Champions League final while playing for Liverpool.

Iran 1, Morocco 0

Iran picked up its second-ever World Cup victory, prevailing 1-0 when Morocco’s Aziz Bouhaddouz knocked a header in his own goal during second-half stoppage time at St. Petersburg, Russia.

Five minutes into stoppage time, Iran’s Ehsan Hajsafi sent a free kick in towards the box. Bouhaddouz was positioned in front of the net and knocked the ball into his own goal to give Iran the stunning victory in the Group B match.

The World Cup victory was Iran’s first since defeating the United States in 1998. Morocco had a 13-8 edge in shots.

–Field Level Media