00:00Ronaldo all alongside him we will just have to wait and see
00:07Portugal have played in more World Cups with Cristiano Ronaldo than without
00:13this their fourth with their talisman it's their seventh World Cup in all
00:30so
00:52Fernando Santos Portugal qualified for this World Cup
00:58on his 63rd birthday last October by beating Switzerland
01:04and I bet he never thought he'd be sitting there Fernando Hierro the
01:08former Spanish international and Real Madrid defender promoted from his post of sporting
01:16Ronaldo little double step Ronaldo is that a penalty it is
01:23inside the opening three minutes Cristiano Ronaldo fouled in the penalty area and Portugal
01:31have the opportunity to take the lead
01:39the challenge coming in
01:44from Nacho Ronaldo sent sprawling
01:48it's one nil Portugal and was there ever any doubt
02:06what a start for Portugal
02:10here goes one way Ronaldo goes the other
02:22it's his 82nd goal for Portugal on his 151st appearance
02:31it just had to be him Ronaldo
02:41two in the penalty area hoping to get on the end of it the shot comes in from Silva
02:55you can see David Silva here in a little bit of space
03:01other striker Diego Costa as he will now go to court William Gelson Martins and Bruno
03:09Ronaldo this is Rafael Guerrero
03:13Guerrero he's constantly moving up and down urging his players the newly in near side by Nacho
03:21away by Ronaldo and Portugal might be able to break away here it's Gonçalo Guedes
03:26and Ronaldo making the run on this near side Guedes will have to go all the way on his own
03:33the pass was on for a fraction of a second there to Ronaldo
03:38but the Portuguese captain had to check his run for fear of going offside
03:46special a card of the night
03:54referee was just waiting there to see what might happen
03:58comes in a different direction it is Ronaldo it's straight into the wall
04:01and the shot is deflected wide from David Silva
04:18a little touch from Bernardo Silva and Portugal are away it's three against
04:22two here if the ball can be played correctly Ronaldo infield and Spain just able to get back
04:32Guedes unable to apply the finishing touch
04:36long ball forward looking for Diego Costa up against Pepe
04:40Pepe gets the head up and goes down play continues it's Diego Costa
04:44can he get the shot away Costa scores
04:52and while Spain celebrate Portugal are extremely upset about the manner of that goal
05:00they felt there was a clear foul there on Pepe
05:11there you can see the Portuguese defender down on the ground but what brilliant skill
05:19VAR is checking for a potential foul by Diego Costa
05:25oh it's off the underside of the bar Diego Costa can he bundle it in
05:29Rui Patricio with the save now the flag is up on this near side
05:36and that may well have been for offside
05:44Ronaldo here's William Isco
05:47Ronaldo lovely interplay from Spain the little pullback iniesta
06:03problems mounting for Fernando Sanchez and Portugal the man who scored the most
06:10important goal in Spanish football Ronaldo
06:13almost managed itself
06:19referee thought about an advantage there decided against it
06:26foul on Costa after the early challenge on Busquets, Coquet, Silva, Isco, Isco shot
06:35he's got 10 goals for Spain Isco in his 29 appearances now for his country
06:49quick throw as well here's Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal looking to break again
06:56Cedric drives it across Ronaldo that's coming into play there Guedes on side Ronaldo wasn't
07:03initially Ronaldo with the shot oh it's gone in
07:10an error from David de Gea and Cristiano Ronaldo gets Portugal's second goal of the night his
07:17second goal of the night and very much against the run of play Portugal are back in front
07:34there's the ball forward Guedes able to take it down and Ronaldo's shot a good look at his watch
07:44what a first half that was in Sochi Cristiano Ronaldo putting Portugal in front with an early
07:51penalty and then in front again with a late goal that owed much to an error from David de Gea
07:57Diego Costa with the goal for Spain it's been absorbing it's been wonderful
08:05it's been no changes to either team in Ronaldo
08:13holds it up Andres Iniesta fouled right under the nose of the referee
08:20Cristiano Ronaldo
08:26by Xiao Moutinho
08:33Silva with a little chip back across goal turned in Diego Costa strikes again
08:46a simple free kick move from Spain
08:49and for the second time tonight in Sochi Spain have equalized
08:59VAR is checking for a potential foul in the build-up to this goal the check has been completed
09:06and the goal stands Costa on the end of it close range wasn't going to miss Silva
09:15Silva persistence from Spain now it might drop for the shot here oh what a shot that is
09:25Nacho the man who gave away the penalty early on in this match has redeemed himself in style
09:45they didn't look to be a way through here for Spain
09:51but the trio of Spanish players somehow worked it through it's set up really nicely for the
09:58fullback reached the hour mark this has the potential to be a game to be remembered for
10:05years to come now Ronaldo wants a yellow card for the challenge on him
10:15there are some officials who may well have been tempted to book the
10:19he picked up by Ronaldo driven into the middle towards Guaidas it's just away by Ramos
10:33come Spain again Isco caught
10:41Cedric's reaction
10:44was not approved of by the referee
10:49taken down by Ronaldo
10:58in by Alba and turned right across goal by Costa
11:07he knows that was a glorious chance
11:08Ronaldo
11:12Ronaldo
11:24Ronaldo De Gea has come out Ronaldo's touch picked up here by Caresma and handball from the Portuguese substitute
11:39and will there be further action taken against Riccardo Caresma by the Italian official
11:48high ball over the top it was an awkward one as Ronaldo goes down gets a free kick
12:08Ronaldo
12:12oh genius absolute genius
12:39would you believe it
12:46look at De Gea's position he's not going to get that is he up over the wall down under the crossbar
12:56it's an exquisite free kick
12:59exemplary perfection and it's all square in Sochi and it's a hat-trick for Cristiano Ronaldo
13:11lovely ball out to the far side Spain panicking trying to get back
13:15what a tackle that was to deny Riccardo Caresma
13:19Ricardo Caresma
13:21Jean Mario
13:23towards Ronaldo
13:29Spain and Portugal take a point each after an absorbing enthralling exciting exquisite encounter
13:39in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick Diego Costa with two and Nacho with another for Spain
13:47in a match that swung both ways but there's no doubt about it Portugal are the happier
13:55to take a point from their opening fixture in Group B
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