Portugal 3-1 Switzerland: 5 Talking Points & Tactical Analysis 

#1 Ronaldo to the rescue once more

Who else? Ronaldo wheels away to celebrate his 53rd career hat-trick against a valiant Swiss effort

Ronaldo may be 34 and his superhuman goal tally might be slowing down, but once again he proved invaluable to Portugal when they needed their talisman most, on this occasion.

He netted his 53rd career hat-trick and despite a sluggish start to proceedings, did so with ruthless aplomb against a nervy Switzerland back line. He could sense the same and duly punished them with some of the trademark skills he's become notorious for over his illustrious career to date.

Questions were asked of Sommer's positioning as he failed to stop Ronaldo's free-kick but truthfully, he wouldn't have stopped the strike - regardless of whether he stepped too far to one side or not. His quick-fire brace, with the scores level at 1-1, was well-taken and Switzerland were just helpless to stop him running riot.

It's also safe to say that both Young Boys fullback Kevin Mbabu and Borussia Dortmund's Manuel Akanji will not be getting much sleep after that showing. They were torn apart by the Juventus forward, who hadn't scored in four internationals and not featured in any of their Nations League fixtures till date.

So in scoring that hat-trick, he has now scored in 10 different international tournaments for Portugal. It's ridiculous to think that this wasn't even one of his better games and yet, he gleefully took the match ball and deservedly earn plaudits for another match-winning display.

Without him, Portugal would be fighting in Saturday's third-place playoff match. Instead, they await their fate against either England or the Netherlands this weekend with another opportunity for silverware after a frustrating defeat in the last-16 of last summer's World Cup. Not bad at all.