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#5 Versus Chelsea (UEFA Champions League, 2008)
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Ballon d’Or-shaping season of 2007/08 came to a head with the Champions League finals - arguably his biggest night until then. For all his prolific campaign leading to this, the world waited with bated breath for the Portuguese to step up and make a mark on the biggest occasion of them all.
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And he didn’t disappoint. Just 26 minutes into the all-English showpiece, Ronaldo rose high to meet Wes Brown’s cross and divert it into the far corner where Petr Cech could have never reached. Yes, he was unmarked. But the judgement, the power and the accuracy that went into it’s making, belied his age.
The Portuguese gave a glimpse of his aerial prowess that he later went on to shape at Real Madrid, and remains unparalleled even after his 100th against Torino last weekend.
