Cristiano Ronaldo one-ups Lionel Messi with four-goal outburst
Lionel Messi scored a hat trick for Barcelona on Thursday, so naturally, Cristiano Ronaldo scored four on Saturday. In one half.
After the Ballon d'Or winner's three goals in a 5-1 win over Rayo Vallecano, his Real Madrid nemesis upped the ante in a 7-1 undressing of Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu.
And man, were some of these goals pretty.
Real were already up 1-0 early in the second half when CR7 unleashed this beauty from very, very long range:
Noooooo, que golazo, goooooooooooooool de @cristiano, un bombazo de CR7 para el segundo del @realmadrid #LaLiga https://t.co/H0mIjhz1wR
— beIN SPORTS Español (@ESbeINSPORTS) March 5, 2016
No Ronaldo four-goal bonanza would be complete without a free-kick special, of course:
Gooooooooooool, así responde @cristiano, GOL DE TIRO LIBRE, doblete para el portugués #LaLiga https://t.co/ZmrhIAkWA9
— beIN SPORTS Español (@ESbeINSPORTS) March 5, 2016
Ronaldo sealed his hat trick in just 14 minutes with a simple tap-in to remind us all that he can also score the unspectacular ones:
Gooooooooool de @cristiano , goooooooool del @realmadrid, Hattrick para el portugués #LaLiga https://t.co/1FTioj5EUX
— beIN SPORTS Español (@ESbeINSPORTS) March 5, 2016
And after he got bored scoring with his right foot, Ronaldo added a header in the 76th minute for Goal No. 4:
Goooooooooool, cuarto de @cristiano, Póker para el portugués, @realmadrid 5-1 @rccelta_oficial #LaLiga https://t.co/aKcoi5PM8Q
— beIN SPORTS Español (@ESbeINSPORTS) March 5, 2016
The La Liga race may be officially over for Real Madrid, who still lie 9 points adrift of Barca, but it sure is fun to keep watching Ronaldo and Messi try to one-up each other.
