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#1 Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick against Spain
The moment of Russia 2018 has to be one of the best moments of Cristiano Ronaldo's glittering international career. The Portuguese has delivered so many times on so many occasions that we've gotten immune to his incredible heroics, but what he did against Spain in the Group Stage encounter made the world sit up and take notice. Again.
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Just a couple of minutes left on the clock, Portugal are trailing 2-3 and Ronaldo's just won a clever free-kick off Gerard Pique about 25 yards from goal. He steps up to take. A couple of deep breaths and a look of determination on his face, Ronaldo elects to curl the ball with his instep instead of his trademark knuckleball technique and the ball curls around the wall and into the back of a flabbergasted David de Gea's net.
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A moment of sheer brilliance from one of the greatest to have graced the beautiful game, on the biggest stage of them all.
