By Alan Duffy

With Leo Messi hampered by injury, Cristiano Ronaldo has arguably edged ahead in his battle with the Argentine imp for the title of Best Player In The World, and on Tuesday night the Madrid maestro did it again.

After netting the only goal of the first-leg of the World Cup play-off against Sweden, Ronaldo only went and netted a hat-trick to give Portugal a 4-2 aggregate victory over Sweden.

Here are the goals, all rather similar but all executed with the precision of a genius. Surely it’s Ballon D’or time for Cristiano?







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