Ronaldo s First International Hat Trick Portugal vs Northern Ireland 2013 WCQ UR Seven

Group F in the qualifying campaign, that man Cristiano Ronaldo doubtful a little earlier in the day as to whether he was going to play here tonight but thankfully for the crowd and for everybody here one of the breaking away to the left of the half-way line. Our referee tonight is Danny Akeli from the Netherlands he's a 30 year old policeman by trade and he's had the FIFA badge since 2011 so one of the younger breed of referees and it's he'll be important as to how he interprets the rules in this game tonight. Cristiano Ronaldo he's scored a hatfuls of goals, bucketfuls of goals for his club Real Madrid last time of that Portuguese football. Up again from fullback, Ronaldo quite catched up in doing well the Dutch referee. Great something on that left-hand side but a mess but could be done in the end it has to be said by pulling the ball out again. This time Portugal decide to go long to relieve the pressure on their defence. All three handy in the air, Evans is lingering on the ball, comes in at pace. Portugal trying to defend it, it's scrappy, it's all over the place really, pinball really but they eventually hook clear. Borelis instead on Trouw,acity there in the challenge from Steven Davidson all around the captain. You have to see the movement from the Pignol coming all the way across this is Trouw. Borelis breaking through the cover there and hook it back, plenty of green shirts around but they have to get strike of Borelis, goes again and Carroll down smartly to him, goes off again foot all around he gets around, good play here from Ronaldo but again he's swung the ball over he's defended again another opportunity to begin. Tricky customer still going on against Ronaldo have done it and that man as he said Gerard McCauley up there. It's 45th international tonight and that is his third goal for his country. Portugal try their luck Cristiano Ronaldo got taken late, that's going to be a card to tackle Blake there, Chris Bronson. He's the second in Northern Ireland player to be booked. Face and go forward, Ronaldo has the target again, he's nipped in between two of the Irish defenders. Oh good, oh good save from Carroll again tonight for Stiga down. Ronaldo again having to come deep to get a side of the ball Get inside now, Borelis takes it up, trying to lay it off ball across the penalty, it's hooked away though, 62nd international he looks like a very seasoned campaigner of the evidence of tonight. And in 30 minutes of the second half looking perhaps to take the lead in this tie. Eventually tours that man, goes Ward right in front of the goalkeeper, took a swing at it, don't know if he made it, it was one and deflected slightly, goalkeeper did well to hold on. Windsor Park belt, previous goal in the first game, the very first qualifier against Luxembourg, but there he peeled off his man and pulled his team, hauled them by the boot laces got them right back into this game, again he wasn't picked up and Oh to get tagged, he's in front of the penalty and that's going to be a free kick. And yet another card been issued by the referee, Oliver Norwood this time, falling foul of the official from the Netherlands, again it was from behind and referees will always pull out a card in those circumstances with the latest player. Just moments for Roy Carroll, goal line there, here comes Ronaldo now, strikes it, no and he finds the back of the net and the superstar from Madeira threading it to the wall, there was a gap in the wall, just breaking through that gap in the wall and Carroll didn't see it until too late. A good on one, Nani makes the run behind the defender and settle the Northern Ireland defence, there's a late goal in it for Portugal here, Nani still in possession, still Nani, a bit of trickery in the penalty area for the Manchester United player and slots it back and a chance to shoot for goal and it's well cleared up the line literally and out for the corner kick.