#3 Not the usual Cristiano Ronaldo
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While individual brilliance may be an important factor to achieve fame on the big stage, Ronaldo’s vital contributions in big games have reduced significantly.
The Real Madrid talisman had a tough game up front along with Karim Benzema, where he was dispossessed, brought down too easily and also missed sitters in front of goal. Frustration was clearly evident when he retaliated by throwing the ball at Vitolo, for trying to put him off before Madrid’s penalty.
But the Portuguese superstar converted his penalty by sending Sergio Rico the wrong way.
The penalty made the Ballon d’Or winner equal Hugo Sanchez’s feat of the most penalties in La Liga, with 56 to his name. But given that the Andalusian outfit has been one of Ronaldo’s goal scoring victims, with as many as five hat tricks against them, a lot was expected from the show stopper, who seemed to have lost his sheen in crunch games.
