FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 : Ronaldo's hattrick makes Portugal survive Spain's attack
The match ended with a 3-3 scoreline, as Portugal held Spain in a thrilling draw in the Group B opener of the World Cup.
The match ended with a 3-3 scoreline, as Portugal held Spain in a thrilling draw in the Group B opener of the World Cup. Portugal got an early lead in the match, It was a gift from Spain, as Nacho in a spur of the moment makes an outrageous tackle on Cristiano Ronaldo 3 min into the match which resulted in a penalty only to be guided in the net by Ronaldo’s magical touch.
Barcelona legend Andre Iniesta created a chance for Spain in the 21st min but David Silva made a complete mess of it by hitting it wide. In a moment of brilliance by Diego Costa, running past Pepe and Patricio and stunning finish gave Spain the much-needed equaliser making it 1-1 at the 24th minute.
Spain kept creating chances in the first half of the match but an unforced error by Ramos, gave Ronaldo a chance to score and he again put Portugal infont 2-1 at 44th min.
In the second half of the match, Diego Costa made it 2-2 for Spain at 55th min, a brilliant free kick headed back across by Sergio Busquets to be tapped into the net by Costa.
Nacho made up for the gifted penalty by an astounding strike , hitting into the bottom corner and handing over the lead to Spain 2-3 at 58th min.
86th min saw Ronaldo equalising for Portugal with a breath taking freekick to end the match at a 3-3 draw.
