It’s kinda what he does, you know, scoring huge goals?
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Portugal clinched a spot in the inaugural UEFA Nations League Final with a 3-1 defeat of Switzerland on Wednesday at the Estadio do Dragao.
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Ronaldo’s match-winner came in the 88th minute off a feed from Bernardo Silva, and then the Portuguese megastar cooked Manuel Akanji en route to a 90th minute insurance goal.
Ricardo Rodriguez scored a penalty kick for Switzerland’s lone goal.
Ronaldo’s performance came on the same day that the American lawsuit filed against Ronaldo for rape was moved to federal court.
The first goal was wonderful, a free kick sent through the wall after Ronaldo was fouled to win the opportunity, though it came after Bruno Fernandes was somehow not sent off for a sliding studs-up challenge. To be fair to Portugal, Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka could also have been sent off minutes later for a two-footed challenge.
The goals were the 86th, 87th, and 88th of his Portugal senior career.
And really the performance saved the story line, which would’ve been all about VAR after a penalty awarded to Portugal was never given thanks to a video review which nullified the foul in order to give a dodgy penalty to the Swiss.
That in itself had a measure of fairness, as the Swiss were the better team on the day. They just didn’t have Cristiano Ronaldo.
RONALDO MAKES IT THREE!
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 5, 2019
He gets his 7th career hat trick with Portugal! pic.twitter.com/98I4395sdD
