- Cristiano Ronaldo scores double as Portugal beat Bosnia 6-2 in Euro 2012 playoffs
- Portugal win 6-2 on aggregate to reach finals in Ukraine and Poland next year
- Republic of Ireland, Croatia and Czech Republic also progress
(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal beat 10-man Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-2 to qualify for Euro 2012 Tuesday night.
With the playoff first leg in Bosnia tied 0-0, Portugal were looking for a fast start and got it as Real Madrid star Ronaldo netted early with a trademark free kick.
A second from Manchester United's Nani after 26 minutes looked to have eased Portugal's path to Ukraine and Poland next year, but Zvezjdan Misimovic converted an early second-half penalty following a Fabio Coentrao handball.
Ronaldo then scored a superb second to equal Luis Figo's international record of 32 for Portugal and put his side 3-1 ahead..
An incident-packed second half saw Bosnia lose Senad Lulic for a second yellow, but a goal from Emir Spahic gave them renewed hope against a nervy home side.
However, a late double from Helder Postiga and a further strike from Miguel Veloso saw the home side home in spectacular style.
They were joined in the finals, as expected, by the Republic of Ireland, who drew 1-1 with Estonia but won the playoff 5-1 after a 4-0 first leg win last Friday.
The Irish -- whose only previous appearance in the finals of a European Championships was in 1988 -- opened the scoring through Stephen Ward after 32 minutes.
Estonia's Konstantin Vassiljev equalized in the second half with a long-range shot which eluded Shay Given.
The Czech Republic booked their place in their fifth straight Euro finals with a 1-0 away win over Montenegro.
The Czechs led 2-0 from the first leg in Prague and a fine individual goal from Petr Jiracek in the 81st minute sealed their qualification, 3-0 on aggregate.
It was a similar story in Croatia, where the home side, who led Turkey 3-0 from the first leg, played out a 0-0 draw to go through.
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