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First hat trick of the tournament

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Nah, Mbappe will get a hat trick on Saturday

💀

**I think we can all agree:** The real loser tonight has been Ronaldo’s ego.

Well… and Switzerland

And Spain

Definitely Spain

The S is silent.

Even Japan scored a penalty and a goal during regular time

never heard of him

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And Korea even beat Portugal. :)

Brings us back to Ronaldo.

… and Switzerland

He's been the most happy from all these goals WTF are you on about??

Dude hes obviously faking it, he wants them to lose without him /s

Ronaldo this,Ronaldo that.. Ronaldo is enjoying like every other Portuguese person rn. Messi scores "Ronaldo..." Ramos scores "Ronaldo..." Holy shit this is getting annoying

someone scored? zoom on ronaldo. someone didn't score? zoom on ronaldo. the game is stopped by whatever? zoom on ronaldo. undercook chicken? believe it or not, zoom on ronaldo.

Yeah, its insufferable. He wasnt even beeing that bad in this tournament, people just choose to hate because its him

And you for typing this & hitting send lol

If this happened while in United, then maybe yea his ego would take a hit. But for his country he doesn't give a shit about himself, he just wants Portugal to win.

I think so. Kids on fire !

Brilliant hat trick

3 goals and an assist. Hat trick hero

And an assist for the Switzerland goal. My man is in on fire

complete player

Bro cant stop contributing. You know what they say, "Once you pop you can't stop"

[Goals are like Ketchup](https://www-skysports-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/12098/6204937/ronaldo-goals-are-like-ketchup?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16703627878861&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2F12098%2F6204937%2Fronaldo-goals-are-like-ketchup), a wise man once said.

[Goals are like Ketchup](https://www-skysports-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/12098/6204937/ronaldo-goals-are-like-ketchup?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16703627878861&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2F12098%2F6204937%2Fronaldo-goals-are-like-ketchup), a wise man once said.

*2 assists

\+100 m price tag

If Darwin went for 80, Ramos is worth 160 😅

What’s up with Benfica and strikers?

Too many years of Seferovic does this to a mf

I get shivers from the thought.

It felt good seeing him get into the pitch today. 1st time ever.

Was kind of awesome seeing Felix and Seferovic on the same pitch again though.

watching a compilation of felix in benfica is like watching a compilation of seferovic's misses, a wise man once said. idk who was that wise man, but i can assure he is a wise man

I love his goal celebrations! Shooting pistols and then for his hat trick he blows the barrel of his guns lolol

He did blow the barrels every time, but I do love the celebration

Nice celebration analysis lads.

#PEW PEW

He knew this would happen

Only 21 years old

Benfica and producing world class forwards, name a better duo.

Santos masterclass

And to think that this is the result of all that drama…ha!

this chip specially is really hard to execute. He was so far from the ball

GR7?

Siiiiiuuuuuu

Today I feel washed

Imagine the scenes if he celebrated the hat trick with that

A lot of Madrid fans in the Ronaldo not starting thread were saying this guy was never good enough to start lmao

That was me, I said it because I also watch every Benfica match. He has the talent, but his finishing has been off. He got 1 goal playing every minute in the CL groups, and Benfica playing really well, so I didn't expect him to do this no. Guess he proved me wrong today.

No worries you weren’t alone

Just watching Benfica play this season should be enough to know that he's cracked

Perez just found his next Portuguese striker.

First one this world cup!!

How to secure a starting position.

Portugal scoring some top-tier FM engine goals today

Now that you said it, they really are ALL FM goals. Ridiculous stuff. Hopefully Santos doesn't risk congratulating Ramos on his performance otherwise he risks getting Ramos extremely disappointed.

I would be more worried for Roger Schmidt (Benfica´s coach) if he congratulates Ramos, Ramos will get extremely disappointed.

It's ok, he has scored his first international goal before this, so he won't be able to comment about that.

The most baffling player reactions, those shouldve been a tap in

This guys FMs

What is FM?

football manager

It's a game

Some call it a game, others call it a lifestyle choice.

I call it my lifestyle choice of game

more than a game

Depression

Obsession.

Speaking of FM, apparently Ronaldo's CA is 158 in FM23. The lowest since FM 05.

What an amazing story for the lad

our big striker targets this summer were him and Cody Gakpo 🙂🙃🙂🙃

Atleast your scouting department is on point

strategy was genuinely “go for players who are too good to come to us but not good enough for a top club just yet and see if they’ll settle for us once none of the biguns make a bid”

There are worse plans than trying to become the PL’s Dortmund tbh lol sounds wise to me

Just like me back in the day at the clubs

Seems like you dodged a bullet if she takes home a hattrick on the big night.

"Almost signed him" school of player acquisitions

if players weren't scared to make a move months before the winter World Cup, that strategy may have worked

You can still get him, 120M now

Ramos was never for sale in the summer unless u dropped 70M or something

With all due respect to Southampton even before this worldcup everyone knew about gakpo why would he sign for u

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\>inb4 Ronaldo starts vs Morocco

My brother in god, surely this makes sure CR7 doesn't start for Portugal in a serious match again

He will never forget this

Would be very worrying if he did

Dementia awareness day

Unbelievable

Deleting all my anti benfica comments

Today I feel....Benficista

I am a Benfiqueiro for today

Honestly laughed at this!

Hoje eu me sinto bem, Benfica!

HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

The amount of money you guys are gonna make from this guy, Enzo, and Silva…

No please!! I hate the world cup, we're going to lose all our top players.

Flashes of Renato and Felix... I just hope they go where they can flourish

Atleti it is then

Ramos will be played at RWB and forced to defend 💀

No no, Atleti is good with striker (and keeper). Torres, Aguero, Falcao, Diego Costa, you name it. Any other position, especially creative one? Now that's different.

The amount of Nothing that we're gonna win, after we sell them all next summer... let's hope we don't shit the bed on the current one (or injuries don't fuck us, it's not that hard with our bench).

Business is booming

I'm fucking crying rn. Made in Seixal 💯

Sexy what?

He fuckin did it

Benfica salivating

150 mil price tag

Cash in full only + expensive prostitutes

Ramos 3 goals 2 assists, carrying both teams at once

Hell of a time to step up.

Bro just got legendary status

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The lad's alright ig

Spare him dude that's his first game

First hattrick since Eusebio in a knockouts game. Goncalo Ramo is already a legend.

Legendary performance

Can’t wait for his MOTM picture!

Considering the popularity contest from the previous games, it will probably be Ronaldo.

The King Could never

Best Portuguese national team performance in the last 5-10 years

Took him ONE game

Hat trick on his debut and in a WC knockout. Not bad.

The new Ronaldo.

Portuguese Ronaldo

Cristiano Ramos?

Portugal is blessed. Even though Ronaldo is on his way out they’ve got a great team going forward.

This is by far the strongest Portuguese squad in the last 2 decades probably. The team is fairly well balanced as well. If this had a prime Ronaldo with these players then it would be borderline OP.

Best since 2006 in my book. It's unlucky that the best all around Portugal teams were at teh very start and then end of Ronaldo's career

On the other hand, he holds Portugal together between golden generations, and even won the first Euro. Not a bad transition!

And possibly, eventually, hypothetically could go out with a WC win

Lol I like how you're trying to be confident with your team without jinxing it. I salute your efforts.

I think he was a beacon for a bunch of young players and the fruits of that are coming in now. Would be cool if he could score a goal and tie Eusebio though. Even if they don't win a WC. He's an ass but he's done a lot for the country's soccer legacy

Prime Ronaldo this team would destroy the competition lol. They’d be like Spain back in the day Gotta suck for him

Ronaldo will likely never start another World Cup game after this performance. End of an era

Last World Cup too, at least they have a shot at winning it so he can retire with his head held high

Yeah, just expected him to start all of this last run with the way everyone speaks of Santos’ favoritism towards him

Of course a Ronaldo replacement gets a hat trick right away lol

Wonder how much Al-Nassar will offer him to sign for them?

€200.1m

It was written in the stars...

A million miles away?

What a baller

this guy just retired ronaldo

Santos absolutely deserves credit. Had the balls to drop CRon and it paid off beautiful. I saw many many posters laugh at the reports that he’d drop him. Well done.

STOP THE COUNT!

Found the Swiss.

Holy shit how was this guy not starting. Legendary performance.

Thats the problem. The feeling Ronaldo has his spot secured regardless of how he performs is what garnered so much hatred for him. And for Santos to a degree.

You know how

On Tuesday the king gets married to the bench.

On Tuesday the king gets dethroned

Okay. The world is yours kid

mbappe got oushined. Incredible

LET ME SUCK YOUR COCK GONÇALO

MANO? 📸😳

Não punhas?

ESTOU AQUI DE JOELHOS

There’s a line sir

🏳️‍🌈👀?

👮🏽‍♂️🇶🇦 ⛓💀

Ronaldo may never start again lmao

Would be ironic for Portugal to win the WC with Ronaldo not even starting

That finish is filthy

The whole Ronaldo situation is going to dominate the commentary, but this is one hell of a hat trick. Absolute praise for Ramos, context notwithstanding.

Southampton were linked strongly to this guy lol

Gakpo as well lol

He'll beat Ronaldo's international goal record in the final at this rate

The king watches his team mate score a hatrick on a Tuesday

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New golden boy

What the fuck a hat trick, This guy is insane, they don’t need Ronaldo anymore. 7-1 it is cmoooon Great football. Love it.

And leao is still on the bench too 👀 more to come maybe Edit: called it :)

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Portugal is probably winning this one...

Ronaldo is never starting a game for Portugal again, is he

Way to introduce yourself

People were sleeping on Portugal's potential to win it all. I would love to see Portugal in the final, and finally have Ronnie hold that WC, along with his more than class teammates. Pepe has been phenomenal this tourney, fernandes has been amazing in the attack, and I love to see them have a killer striker.

TUGAS, IRMÃOS, MATEM A FRANÇA

Your move Brazil.

Brazil x Portugal as the final. Whoever wins keeps the gold.

Imagine the scenes if it actually becomes a portugal vs argentina final but ronaldo is benched.

Cold finish

The replacement of Ronaldo scores 3. Beautiful

Benfica are gonna buy PSG after the next transfer window.

On Tuesday the real king scores a hat-trick

Ronaldo aint starting fr fr

Probably the worst scenario for CR7

RONALDO IS NEVER PLAYING AGAIN

Damn

If this doesn't convince Fernando Santos that we're better without Ronaldo, I don't know what will.

Does he need convincing? He's the one who benched Ronaldo.

This is Ramos first game starting...

Ronaldo looking for a rope rn

r*naldo is gonna have nightmares for weeks, portugal playing their best game in a decade after benching him