Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Portugal cruised past Luxembourg 5-0 in Tuesday's World Cup qualifying clash. Ronaldo took just eight minutes to open the scoring at the Estadio Algarve as he finished from the penalty spot before doubling his tally soon after in the same fashion. Bruno Fernandes netted a third inside a decisive opening 20 minutes before the Manchester United playmaker assisted Joao Palhinha for the fourth in the second half.

Ronaldo then secured his hat-trick with three minutes remaining to cap the hosts' dominant performance and ensure they remain a point behind Group A leaders Serbia – who have played a game more – ahead of the next international break. Sebastien Thill and Anthony Moris were the guilty parties for the early penalties with fouls on Bernardo Silva and Ronaldo, the latter clinically converting both.
Things went from bad to worse for the visitors as Fernandes made it 3-0 despite Moris getting a hand to his right-footed drive following Silva's throughball after 17 minutes. Ronaldo almost claimed his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time but was denied by Moris, who also saved Silva's acrobatic volley. Danel Sinani brought a rare save from Rui Patricio, with both Palhinha and Fernandes missing the target at the other end after being found by Nuno Mendes' searching deliveries.

Ronaldo's overhead-kick deserved to complete his treble, but Moris tipped over before Palhinha headed home from Fernandes' resulting corner. Luxembourg almost grabbed a consolation goal through Gerson Rodrigues, but his left-footed strike was turned away by Patricio and Ronaldo completed the scoring as he headed in from Ruben Neves' deep cross.

The guy just de shine with all these shitty football countries wey full Europe. The likes of Lithuania, Andorra, Luxembourg, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, North Macedonia, Belarus, Moldova, Malta, Cyprus, San Marino, Liechtenstein....

Ronaldo scored once. The others goals were his routine kind of goals.

WibusJaga:


The guy just de shine with all these shitty football countries wey full Europe. The likes of Lithuania, Andorra, Luxembourg, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, North Macedonia, Belarus, Moldova, Malta, Cyprus, San Marino, Liechtenstein....

Do am if e easy. CR7 The only Goat.

WibusJaga:


The guy just de shine with all these shitty football countries wey full Europe. The likes of Lithuania, Andorra, Luxembourg, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, North Macedonia, Belarus, Moldova, Malta, Cyprus, San Marino, Liechtenstein....

Cry some more ..... why kane no score Hungary...why Lewandowski no score Albania... Ronaldo will blast those teams even at his age and una go start to beef ....pained bitter souls ... theyvall wish messi was what Ronaldo is and achieved on the pitch... 5 champions league victories and 6 champions league finals.... messi has only played 3 finals in his career.... when ronaldo was messis age, he had just finished winning bk to bk to bk champions league titles and bk to bk to bk to bk to bk to bk champions league top scorer ....something the little man can never achieve, the oldest man to score a hat trick on a world cup game against Spain, while the other was struggling to go home with one goal against his favorite opponent ( Nigeria) ...he only depends on hidden votes to claim goat ...

How he does this despite his age is what I cant understand... He's truly the goat

, 90% of ronaldo goals are in competitive match unlike the midget. Viva ronaldo

verybadmouth:
Ronaldo scored once. The others goals were his routine kind of goals.

saddist just shut up

If you allow Ronaldo he'll like to continue playing competitive football till 50 year plus.