Cristiano Ronaldo - 10+ Epic Performances

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is a Footballing superstar, a brand and you may even call him a superhuman. At the age of 35 CR7 has scored 21 league goals and made 3 assists in 21 league games with a whoscored Rating of 7.90. His stats are superb for any player at their prime but what is astounding is that he is near his end of his career.

Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 Ballon D'or and 5 Champions league trophy is the only player to have scored in 3 finals , 11 consecutive games and all groups stage games in Champions league history. So its evident that his list of great performances is long. But that won't stop us , would it?

10. MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 Chelsea (21/05/2008) Champions League Final.  

Started the match as a Left winger Ronaldo constantly hovered around the touch line , taking on the likes of Michael Essien and fellow defenders . At times he would try to cut inside disturbing the positioning of the Chelsea diffence. He used his dribbling ability to open up spaces for his teammates.

He opened the scoring for Manchester United with a fine header from wes Brown's cross. The match ended 1-1 with Frank Lampard equalising it before half time. The game went on to penalty shootout in which CR7 missed his spot kick but Manchester United still managed to win it 6-5 as John Terry slipped and hit the post.

9. REAL MADRID 2-1 Barcelona (21/04/2012) La liga.

This game will always be remembered for Ronaldo famous calma celebration. Prior to this game Cristiano Ronaldo had not won against Barcelona at Camp Nou since signing for Real Madrid.

Khedira opened the scoring for Real Madrid at the 17th minute mark but was equalised by Alexis Sanches 70'. But 3 minutes later the star of the show CR7 scored the winning goal . A long range ball from Ozil to Ronaldo who made a perfectly timed run and then went around Victor Valdes to score. After the goal came the infamous 'calma' celebration which silenced the Camp Nou crowed and ended Barca's chance of winning the League .

8.PORTUGAL 3-2 Sweden, (19/11/2013) World Cup qualifying play-offs.

World Cup 2014 was up ahead and Portugal had one hurdle to jump - ' Ibrahimovic '. Portugal were 1-0 ahead before the start of the second leg of the tie .

Cristiano Ronaldo scored first , finishing off a through ball from Moutinho mear the 50th minute mark. But then Ibrahimovic came into life , scoring twice .

Sweden needed just one more goal to go through (2-2 on agg) , but Ronaldo had other plans. Cristiano Ronaldo completed his hat-trick , ending the game 3-2 with Portugal going through . This was probably his best performance for Portugal till date.

7.Arsenal 1-3 MANCHESTER UNITED (05/05/2009) Champions League semi-finals, 5 May 2009.

A big game against the Gunners, Champions league semifinal, and the big man stood up. Sir Alex Ferguson played Ronaldo in the left wing where he could use his pace to upset the Arsenal's defence.
 As planned Manchester United's first goal came when Ronaldo used his pace to get behind the Arsenal's defense and then played a cut back to sets up a goal for ji son park. He then scores the second goal , an absolute rocket of a free kick to beat the goalkeeper from 30 yards out. The third goal was a ruthless counter attack that was finished off by Ronaldo to put the game out of reach for Arsenal. Later on Darren Fletcher did give away a penalty (receiving a red card in the process) which was converted by Van Persie.
2 goal and a Assist , a staring performance in this game by CR7 made sure Manchester United go on to play and then win the final.

6. REAL MADRID 3-0 Wolfsburg (12/04/2016) Champions League quarter-finals.

Second leg of UCL 2016 quater final, Real Madrid were 2-0 down in the 1st leg against Wolfsburg. Then came Ronaldo, steped up his game for the second leg, scoring a hat-trick and taking Madrid to the UCL semi final.

His third goal was a super free kick, curls the ball through the wall to score the goal.

5. REAL MADRID 4-2 Bayern Munich (18/4/2017) - Champions League quater final.

A classic champions league tie, 1st leg ended 2-1 , and the stage was set for this tie to be epic. Cristiano Ronaldo on one side Robert Lewandowski on the other. Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich, class between two historic teams , fighting to write thier names in the history books again.

Lewandowski scored first just after the half time , converting a penalty given by Casemiro on Robben. Game was poised on 2-2 with Bayern Having the upper hand , then Ronaldo scored a diving header giving Madrid the lead. But thid lead didn't last long as Ramos gifted an own goal to Bayern.

Vidal was sent off 88' into the game and the game went to extra time. Ronaldo switched to beast mode, scoring a hat-trick and the match ended 4-2, with Real Madrid going through.

4. PORTUGAL 3-3 Spain, World Cup, 15 June 2018.

In the build up to this game everyone expected it to be a classic contest, but Ronaldo made this game memorable. If you think of world Cup 2018 you would surely remember this game.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the only Portuguese player to have scored in 3 different world cups, gave portugal a first start , converting a penalty provided by Nacho, early on in the game. This lead didn't last long as Costa leveled it up in the 24th minute.

In the 44' Ronaldo to the advantage of De Gea's slippery hands to steal the lead which was again neutralised by Costa. The next goal didn't come from Portugal but from spain, Scored by Nacho a brilliant strike from outside of the box. Portugal were in desperate need of a equaliser and CR7 stood up again.

The third goal of Ronaldo was a mesmerizing free-kick, curling the ball around the wall and into the goal.

3. REAL MADRID 3-0 Juventus,(03/04/2018) Champions League quarter-finals.

Real Madrid won the Champions league 2017/18 beating Liverpool but throughout the whole campaign this tie against Juventus was the most difficult one for them.

Real Madrid did won the first leg 3-0 at Turin but the second leg went on to be 1-3 , a 4-3(on agg) thriller. Considering the second leg , Ronaldo's performance in this leg was that bit more important for Madrid in their CL triumph.

Real Madrid started the game in a hurry, Marcelo's pass to Isco , isco cuts it back to Ronaldo and the master marks-man, fox in the box scored a brilliant goal.

The second goal came at the 64' ,a moment of brilliance of CR7, a goal that you would never get tired of watching, a goal that made Juventus fan to stand on their feet and applause for Ronaldo, you know which goal I am talking about, don't you?

2. REAL MADRID Vs Juventus 2016/17 champions league final.

Some might argue that this game wasn't Cristiano Ronaldo's greatest performance, well in terms of goals yes it wasn't but when we consider the stage you won't find a better one.

Zinedine Zidane opted for a 4-3-1-2 formation, with a midfield diamond headed by Isco along with Ronaldo and Benzema up front. This allowed Ronaldo greater freedom up front that enabled him to constantly change his position to Right, left or center of the pitch.

This positional variation of Ronaldo brought Real Madrid thier first goal which was soon cancelled out by stunning Mandukic equaliser.

In the second half a deflected shot by Casemiro gave the defending Champions the lead. Ronaldo then doubled up his goal tally with a cool finish near the six yard box.

The game ended 4-1 with Real Madrid wining the League twice in a row.

1. JUVENTUS 3-0 Atletico Madrid (12/03/2019) Champions League round of 16.

First of all let me quote Ronaldo "I see football as an art and all players are artists.If you are a top artist, the last thing you would do is paint a picture somebody else has already painted." This statement of his speaks volumes of how and why Cristiano Ronaldo has been football's greatest ever superstar. He has a never ending thirsty to win and succeed.

Probably Ronaldo's greatest ever individual performance. Juventus were 2-0 down after the first leg and Atletico Madrid's manager Diego Simeone's cojones celebration after the 1st leg fired Juventus players and fans.
Second leg was all about Ronaldo and his unwavering commitment to win ,that turned the tie on its head . He scored a hat-trick on a day where his teammates weren't at there usual best. Juventus were poor in Open play, but CR7 still got them over the line by scoring two headers and a penalty.
The first goal came at 27' when Ronaldo came from behind Godin to head the cross into the goal post.

The second goal always looked like it was on its way, and it came just after half time 48' when Ronaldo scored another header this time from a free kick making it 2-2 on aggregate.

In the 86' Ronaldo converted a penalty making it 3-2 and giving Juventus the much needed lead and won them the tie.
He is an artist whose painting on Atletico Madrid's canvas would remain in the minds of each and every Football fans for eternity.

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