The Real Madrid striker gave another brilliant individual performance with a second-half hat-trick against Sweden to book Portugal’s place in Brazil 2014 Realmadrid Cristiano Ronaldo just had to be at the World Cup and once again he proved that he is simply the best. The Whites’ striker led his team by example and scored another hat-trick in the return game against Sweden (2-3) to take Portugal to Brazil next summer. After scoring the only goal of the game in the first leg of the play-off, he was also the first to score in the Friends Arena. Two goals from Ibrahimovic temporarily put Portugal’s qualification in danger, but Ronaldo produced the goods just when his side needed him most. The Real Madrid number 7 scored two more goals in three minutes which sealed Portugal’s place in the World Cup. We are running out of adjectives to describe the superlative performances of Cristiano Ronaldo this season. In a vital match for his national team, the Portuguese player proved once again that he is number one right now. After having a few chances in the first half, the Portuguese player killed off the game in the second half. In the 50th minute he scored his first goal with a shot on the turn and in the 77th minute he scored a similar goal after losing his marker with his speed. Just three minutes later, he rounded off his hat-trick and made sure that both he and his team will be at next year’s World Cup. Match Stadium Date Portugal-Sweden Estadio da Luz (Lisboa) 1-0 Sweden-Portugal Friends Arena(Solna) 2-3
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:01:02 +0000
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