Cristiano Ronaldo has the great habit of pulling something out of his hat when people have written him off. After the El Clasico, Lionel Messi enjoyed his time in the limelight for a good week, and it was the Portuguese’s chance to wrestle back the lights. He did, and did it in style, scoring an hattrick against one of the best defences in the world.
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However, his first goal had a hint of offside in it. The Real Madrid Number 7 was in an offside position when the ball was first played into the box, the ball was cleared and eventually fell the way of Casemiro who set it up for Ronaldo’s opener. According to the rule, the player is offside if only if he was interfering with the play. Whether it was actually offside or not, we will let you decide for yourselves.
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Here’s how Twitter reacted to the goal