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.
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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 ..
#PORxESP what a game. Ronaldo Got everyone at home like
#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 ❤
If you don’t support Ronaldo, I don’t know what you are supporting o🌝#PORxESP
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Thug life of @Cristiano Superman #PORxESP #FifaWorldCup2018 #WorldCup
Pundits will say, this Portugal squad carries Ronaldo and Messi will carry the entire Argentina squad! #PORxESP #FifaWorldCup2018
Hats off to Ronaldo this evening..Sensational! #PORxESP
Respect him god of football #PORxESP #Worldcup2018Russia #CR7
Ronaldo just proved to the world why he's the world's best #PORxESP
Gonna be hard pressed to find a better game the rest of this tournament #PORxESP #FifaWorldCup2018
De Gea is making these errors so Real Madrid won't buy him #PORxESP #PortugalVsSpain
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