Cristiano Ronaldo keeps adding records to his prestigious career. The Portuguese striker led his National Team after a dubious start which had them concede a magnificent free kick goal. With this win, Portugal will remain leading Group I.
After Marcos' free kick goal, things were not working for Portugal, who were not getting close to damaging Roman Berezovsky's net. It all changed when Joao Moutinho was brought down in the box by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and CR7 fooled the keeper to make it 1-1 before the first half ended.
After the break, Armenia tried to take the lead once more, but they defended a long ball poorly and gave Ronaldo the chance to tap the ball into the back of the net. Real Madrid's superstar capped his wonderful night with a beautiful strike from outside the box, netting the ball into the top left-hand corner. Ronaldo has scored 20 goals in Euro Qualifying matches. Only Robbie Kean has scored more goals in the qualifiers(21).
After such a display, fans could not wait to share their thoughts about his latest feat. Check some of them out below.
"Portuguese players scoring a hat-trick in Euro Qualifiers:Paulo Alves: 15.08.1995, Joao Pinto: 10.09.1999; Cristiano Ronaldo: 13.06.2015"
Portugueses con un hat-trick en Eliminatorias para la Eurocopa: 15.08.1995 Paulo Alves 09.06.1999 Joao Pinto 13.06.2015 CRISTIANO RONALDO
— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) June 13, 2015
Lionel Messi is still better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but the latter just a goal machine. 3 hat tricks in his last 3 games, ridiculous.
— Jazzman (@Jazzman2033) June 13, 2015
Third career hat-trick for #Portugal. Third straight match with 3. Has scored a hatty in 5 of last 7 games! #CR7 pic.twitter.com/tiN7XGdY1e
— Brendan Dunlop (@Brendan_Dunlop) June 13, 2015
ONLY 2 European players in HISTORY have scored MORE non-friendly goals with their NT than Cristiano: 1. Keane: 49 2. Klose: 48 3. CR7: 44.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@TeamCRonaldo) June 13, 2015
Cristiano, simply the best, better than all the rest, better than anyone. #CR7
— Sporting CP France (@SportingCPFr) June 13, 2015
.@RM_Insider Non-friendly goals for their NT: Ronaldo - 44 Messi - 21
— LaDecima (@AlfonsinhoJr) June 13, 2015