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#9 Versus Deportivo La Coruna (La Liga, 2014)
In that same season but just months earlier when Ronaldo was getting into gear and upping the ante, Deportivo La Coruna were at the receiving end of an 8-2 shellacking, inspired by a hattrick from the talisman himself.
Whilst his first and the third goals were good but nothing to write home about, this particular header interspersed between those two strikes was a feast to the eye, particularly because of its looping trajectory before landing into the bottom corner. So smooth and subtle, it only gets better everytime you watch it.
There was no way anyone, let alone the Deportivo goalkeeper, was going to stop it. He just about got his head to the cross, but the force with which he moves his head to strike the ball was noteworthy too.
Go ahead, click on the button below and relive the beauty once more:
