Spain vs Portugal, an Iberian Derby, every football fan knew that this would be a good matchup. Needless to say, none of the players disappointed at all during match 4 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The action came right at the start when Nacho Monreal seemingly clipped Cristiano Ronaldo. In the subsequent penalty, the Portuguese captain buried it in the back of the net.
The match was fairly heated on certain occasions with rough challenges thrown left, right and center. A few minutes after Ronaldo scored, Diego Costa fired one back to level the scores. After a while, with less than half an hour up, Portugal surged ahead, courtesy a header from Ronaldo. At half-time the score was 2-1 in Portugal’s favour.
But then, the second half began and Spain fought back with renewed vigour. A second goal from Costa brought the scores level again at 2-2. This didn’t last long as Spain got on the attack again. This time, Nacho Monreal made up for his earlier foul by handing Spain the lead.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the man for the big occasions
La Furia Roja then resorted to merely hanging onto the ball for the rest of the game. Unfortunately, they gave away a penalty with 2 minutes left on the clock. Up stepped Cristiano Ronaldo and fired away towards the goal. Goalkeeper David De Gea had no answer and could only watch helplessly as the ball sailed into the net.
With 5 minutes of extra time, both teams were desperate to score the winning goal and get the 3 points. However, after fierce battling on both sides, neither team gave an inch and both had to settle for a point each. Portugal did get a minor scare when Cristiano Ronaldo inexplicably went down, but he recovered to see off the game. Portugal next face Morocco and Spain go up against Iran on the 20th at 5:30pm IST and 11:30pm IST respectively as the 2018 FIFA World Cup rages on.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the Iberian Derby.
#PORxESP I won't believe this guy's that's his 52nd hattrick you simply can't get enough of this guys @Cristiano .. pic.twitter.com/21mHnV05Ym
— Pulak Sharma (@Mr_Pulak) June 15, 2018
Ronaldo to the English Premier league
"Is this your best keeper?"#PORxESP pic.twitter.com/vholnDE8oT
— before you, I was. 🇳🇬 (@_RalphPero_) June 15, 2018
#PORxESP what a game. Ronaldo Got everyone at home like pic.twitter.com/52VuI5RhP4
— Becoming a Psychologist (@ThaboT_style) June 15, 2018
Magnificent goal by Cristiano Ronaldo. Best in the world!!!! #PORxESP #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/L7OINDXCCT
— Frank Pimentel (@FrankBostonTank) June 15, 2018
#PORxESP This counts as the official opening game. #FifaWorldCup2018 pic.twitter.com/kfjtASDORI
— Manpreet S. Bhatia (@bhatia_manpreet) June 15, 2018
Ronaldo against Spain in one picture #PORxESP pic.twitter.com/pWzyKpCfIt
— Virgin (@Ugonna06) June 15, 2018
#PORxESP
One of the best matches i have ever seen.
Portugal vs Spain
This match will be remembered
Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Costa they both were phenomenal ❤— UNITE FOR INDIA (@AsifityArchive2) June 15, 2018
If you don’t support Ronaldo, I don’t know what you are supporting o🌝#PORxESP pic.twitter.com/vqNLWdTU0S
— ibukun (@bunmi_oo) June 15, 2018
OMG! Ronaldo of life! I love you till the end of time 😭😭😭 *tears g-string* #PORxEsp #WorldCup
— Femi ابوبکر Bakre (@femibakre) June 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/Abel3stacks/status/1007726116126318593
On another level. Stuff of legend. Like out of a video game. Ronaldo!!! 😭😭😭⚽️🙇🏼♂️🙇🏼♂️🙇🏼♂️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 #PORxESP #WorldCup 🐐
— 〽️ 🌹 (@PapaMassi) June 15, 2018
Thug life of @Cristiano
Superman #PORxESP #FifaWorldCup2018 #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/nAYoqSkV1x— Vishwesh Gaur 🏏 (@iumvishwesh) June 15, 2018
I just watched one of the greatest individual performance by @Cristiano in tonight's match. I'm really hype for his next match! #PORxESP #WorldCupRussia2018
— Muhammad Muqaddim (@Qaddim90) June 15, 2018
I’m sad I missed this match, but the fact that they’re were 6 goals and 3 from each team has to mean that this was a great fucking game of fútbol #PORxESP
— Karissa (@Sweetkaayree_) June 15, 2018
Pundits will say, this Portugal squad carries Ronaldo and Messi will carry the entire Argentina squad! #PORxESP #FifaWorldCup2018
— Mukund Vijayakumar (@orangelays) June 15, 2018
Me wondering the kinda devil that possessed *conte* to sell costa n replaced him with morata 🤦🏽♂️. wtf was he thinking? He is mad 😭😭 #PORxESP #WorldCup18 pic.twitter.com/rSwBRDfi3p
— Ewuoso Adurabomi☔️ (@adurabomii) June 15, 2018
After a thorough investigation 😂😂😂 #SSFootball #WorldCup #PORxESP @donhutch4 @SimplyCarol8 @robertmarawa. pic.twitter.com/gwJvir0fLL
— NHLAKANIPHO NHLANHLA (@NhlanhlaSmalls) June 15, 2018
Hats off to Ronaldo this evening..Sensational! #PORxESP
— Ken Twamley (@kentwamley) June 15, 2018
Respect him god of football#PORxESP #Worldcup2018Russia #CR7 pic.twitter.com/kQ4wbIbirT
— AYO (@dimeji_oseni) June 15, 2018
Ronaldo just proved to the world why he's the world's best #PORxESP
— Ipinera Yomi (@IpineraYomi) June 15, 2018
You would swear that the lady below Ronaldo is the one lifting him up while hes trying to fight it 😂😂😂😂😂#PORxESP #PORSPA #WorldCup #Ronaldo #Spain #PORESP #PortugalVsSpain pic.twitter.com/pnrFzRw89L
— Mthabisi Andy Dube (@Mr_Mafrica) June 15, 2018
Saying Ronaldo doubled his career WC goal total in one game is a much bigger indictment of his past performance than it is praise for how amazing he was today. #justsaying #PORxESP
— Adam Elliott (@AElliott1980) June 15, 2018
Gonna be hard pressed to find a better game the rest of this tournament #PORxESP #FifaWorldCup2018
— Brett Hill (@BHill4three) June 15, 2018
This match is world cup class, the former are training. #PORxESP #WorldCup
— Atobalo Adebayo (@prestige_bayo) June 15, 2018
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De Gea is making these errors so Real Madrid won't buy him #PORxESP #PortugalVsSpain
— Righteous Child (@HilaxxSchulks) June 15, 2018
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The Iberian derby really lived up to expectation, great match. Great thing from Cristiano. Costa was a beast. Nacho great goal. Dis World Cup has been fantastic and just got more interesting with this game. #PORxESP
— Major General Sheryph (@sheryphapena) June 15, 2018
