A brilliant first half provided Portugal a 2-1 halftime lead. Mr. Ronaldo scored both goals for Portugal. Both squads displayed polished passing and excellent team form. The lesson learned from the first half is that spectacular offensive talent demands respect from opposing defenses.
Mr. Costa scored his 2nd match goal to even the score 10 minutes into the second half. Mr. Fernandez scored the go-ahead goal for Spain a few minutes later... bending a shot to the far post from 25 yards out.
In the 88th minute Ronaldo scores his hat-trick 3rd goal to level the score at 3-3.
Here is today’s beauty.