Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers of all time, and he’s still doing it for Manchester United at 37. The Portuguese star is the club’s top scorer this season and has won several matches for the club where he first began his professional career.
He did it this week in United’s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur. United won the match by a scoreline of 3-2, courtesy of a hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo. This feat prompted a lot of the club’s fans to make bold assumptions about the game against Atletico Madrid, and the Reds are very confident right now.
Atlético Madrid fans watching Ronaldo score a Hat-trick today pic.twitter.com/a87plkCKvk
— SHIRTSvSKINS 🎙️ (@ShirtvSkin) March 12, 2022
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Fans react to Ronaldo’s hat-trick against Spurs ahead of the match against Atletico
Ronaldo’s hat-trick was vital for United’s hopes of getting 4th place this season. However, it also gave them the much-needed momentum to go in this tie as the clear favorites. Several fans of the club were very confident and made jokes about Atletico losing to Ronaldo again.
Hattrick in his last game, Atletico Madrid tomorrow,
Ronaldo tonight: pic.twitter.com/sXK9aB79Ck
— jαck (@UtdOptimist) March 14, 2022
*Cristiano Ronaldo scores hat-trick*
Next match: Atletico Madrid
Diego Simeone: pic.twitter.com/njboRSqbOA
— Man Utd Times (@manutdtimes) March 12, 2022
After all, Atletico Madrid is Ronaldo’s favorite opponent out of all clubs. Ronaldo has scored 26 goals against Atletico in 36 games, along with four assists. Even more impressively, the Portuguese forward has scored four hat-tricks against the club and is the only player to score a hat-trick against Jan Oblak (doing it three times too).
Atletico Madrid seeing this Crisitano Ronaldo performance pic.twitter.com/SqlzOlQzuI
— RonaldoFan7 (@ManUtdRonaldo7) March 12, 2022
One fan went as far as to apologize to the Spanish club for what Ronaldo is going to do to them tonight. It all could go horribly wrong for United, but history says otherwise.
Atletico Madrid i apologize on behalf of Ronaldo for what he is gonna do to you🙏 pic.twitter.com/YUXYUj6RbX
— Ronaldo Conscious (@cr7conscious) March 15, 2022
Fans call Cristiano Ronaldo the GOAT of football
While some fans were overjoyed because of Ronaldo’s hat-trick against Spurs, a few others saw it coming. A fan account on Twitter predicted that Ronaldo would knock Atletico out of the UCL and added that the Portuguese star is the greatest player of all time.
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE GOAT 🐐 OF FOOTBALL ☝ AND HIS NAME CRISTIANO RONALDO ⭐🇵🇹 HE'S DESTINED TO KNOCKOUT ATLETICO OUT OF THE #UCL TODAY 🙏🙏🙏 ✨✨IT'S ALL WRITTEN IN THE STAR ✨✨ #ronaldo𓃵 pic.twitter.com/YeG8djgUQF
— 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢 (@ArgentinianLad) March 15, 2022
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However, not all United fans were focused on their number seven, as a few remembered Harry Maguire’s recent performances for the club. The club’s captain had been in poor form in the last few games for United and even scored an own-goal against Spurs to top off another sub-par performance.
Today it's Cristiano Ronaldo vs Atletico Madrid and Harry Maguire
— Jerry (@CristianoStyle7) March 15, 2022
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Do you think Ronaldo can carry United to the quarter-finals of the UCL?