Cristiano Ronaldo Stuns Football Fans By Scoring A Hat-Trick Against Spain At The World Cup

Love him or hate him, you know the name of Cristiano Ronaldo. In his long-lasting career, the Portugese maestro has gone from strength to strength and is leading his national team one more time at football’s biggest stage. And in their first match in the tournament, Ronaldo has made it known that he is here to stay.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s performance in the club matches have been top notch and he has earned a lot of accolades while playing for Manchester United and Real Madrid. But, he has long been criticised for not giving the same kind of effort for his national team. However, after seeing what he did to Spain on his own, I’m sure Ronaldo has muffled those voices.

Portugal squared up against Spain in a match that can only be described as a thriller, with Cristiano Ronaldo taking the spotlight with a scintillating hat-trick.

Cristiano Ronaldo made his presence known in the first four minutes with a penalty. After that it was an exciting to-and-fro between Diego Costa and Ronaldo, thereby making the score 2-2. And when Nacho burnt the pitch with a forceful strike, things were looking in favour of Spain.

However, at the 88th minute, Portugal got a free-kick and Ronaldo took his famous stance. As David De Gea set the wall, Ronaldo calmed his nerves. And when the referee blew the whistle, Ronaldo charged forward and sent the ball swerving into the net to bring the match to an exciting draw. It was like art in motion.

You have to see the goal to believe it:

Hat-trick number 5⃣1⃣ in the career of Cristiano Ronaldo. 👏👏👏 https://t.co/i5lHCMu9rw

— sportsinfo.lk (@sportsinfolk) June 16, 2018

Football fans around the world went ecstatic over Ronaldo’s hat-trick and their love for him poured over onto the internet.

1. Once a fan, always a fan.

OH MY GOD !!! @Cristiano you absolute BEAST !!!! Legend !!!! Unreal player !!!! Just unreal !!!!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️👊🏽🐐 #PORESP

— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) June 15, 2018

2. Appreciation from the record holder himself.

Ronaldo is now the first player in the history of the game to score in 8 consecutive major international tournaments.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 15, 2018

3. It’s about time.

De do bhai ise ballon d'or.

— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) June 15, 2018

4. It was indeed breathtaking.

I can’t breathe…. it’s illegal what @Cristiano is doing at the #WorldCupRussia #FIFA2018 #FIFA

— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) June 15, 2018

5. Truer words haven’t been spoken.

Cristiano Ronaldo needs to be respected a lot more. It doesn’t take away from anyone’s greatness or legacy.

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) June 16, 2018

6. It needs a lot to get past De Gea.

Scoring a hat trick vs David De Gea alone is sufficient for Cristiano Ronaldo to be officially called the GOAT

— Anuj Singhal अनुज सिंघल (@_anujsinghal) June 16, 2018

7. Haters gonna hate.

*He scored the first, they said it was a penalty.*

*He scored the second, they said it was the keeper's error.*

*Then he scored the scintillating free kick and they shut their mouth.*

He is *CRISTIANO RONALDO*, the best player in the world.#WorldCup#ConquistaOSonho

— Cristiano Ronaldo News (@CRonaldoNews) June 16, 2018

8. Ronaldo’s already the best.

If Portugal win the World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo goes down as the undisputed best footballer to ever kick a ball and nobody will ever tell me any different

— Paco (@Paco_Allen) June 16, 2018

9. It was magical.

Cristiano Ronaldo with a beauty of a free kick to level that game at 3-3. David De Gea had no chance. https://t.co/Qx1z57yDhn

— The Man Utd Way (@TheManUtdWay) June 15, 2018

10. Butterflies manifesting is the mark of a true fan.

https://twitter.com/cooldudeluke22/status/1007789886617735168

Cristiano Ronaldo recently stunned the world with a brilliant bicycle kick and took Real Madrid to UEFA glory. And since he has started the World Cup in such brilliant fashion, I hope he’ll repeat the same for his national team as well.

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