4. Rocket long-ranger from 40 yards vs Porto, Champions League 2008-09
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Ronaldo has won every single personal accolade he has had the chance to win over the years, and the effort that fetched him the inaugural edition of the Puskas award is certainly worth mention on this list.
With United underperforming at home and bringing a 2-2 scoreline to Portugal for the Champions League quarterfinal, the onus was on the team’s big guns to earn them a victory. Ronaldo took the initiative in the most emphatic manner possible, capitalizing on the acres of space he found in the middle third to uncork a shot from a distance of around 40 meters from goal.
Making perfect contact, he guided the ball on a bullet-like trajectory into the far corner of the goal – with goalkeeper Helton having absolutely no chance of stopping the 125 kph shot.
