By Afolabi Oluwatobi, Lagos
A late strike from the los blancos attacker ensured a delightful ending to a thrilling encounter with former world champions, Spain.
The opener came early in the match from a penalty which was won and buried by cristiano ronaldo, diego costa equalised after a display of lovely footwork before david de gea gifted portugal the lead just before half time. At the beginning of the second half spain came in firing again and were rewarded with an equaliser from diego costa, after which a stunning strike from nacho put spain ahead for the first time in the encounter. The game scoreline was eventually decided late into the dying minutes by the Portuguese talisman as he left de gea flat footed from a world class free kick.
Ronaldo’s hat trick made him the first player to score three goals against spain in a world cup match up, also from three shots on goal he scored three goals…deadly!!!
