Cristiano Ronaldo Legendary Performance Against Netherlands in Euro 2012! 🤯

Portugal versus Holland on a nail-biting night in Group B. Coming up live in just a moment in at least one of these two countries tonight. They can't both go through, they could both go out. We will keep you in touch with all the mathematical possibilities. Moutinho, tackled from behind but tackled fairly in the opinion of a well-placed Italian referee tonight, Nicola Rizzoli, now he finds in Portugal's favour. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored each of the four major tournaments he's played in for Portugal prior to this one. He hasn't scored here as yet. It's Ronaldo. Just clicked off the wall and then ballooned away for a corner kick. Long way out, hit it well enough. Wall doing well actually there. Vlaar into the path of van der Baar, confidently ushering van der Weel forward. Now Robben. Contreras manages to tag him. Ronaldo, Moutinho. On towards Ronaldo, chance to run at Vlaar with Postega up with him. Cristiano Ronaldo! Outside of the close, goal kick. He's getting closer. He took great exception to the Danish fans chanting Messi at him on Wednesday. He responded in interviews. There is a view that he sees this year as his year to become World Player of the Year. Messi won't be playing in a major international tournament in 2012. I do wonder if such things prey on a mind like Ronaldo's. It's offside there. Every Portuguese news story is a Ronaldo story. It's bound to be because he's that good a player. He's that important a player. Here's Contreras suddenly on the ball. Here's Ronaldo. He's found a cross. Perfectly bisected. Contreras, Postega. Picked in towards Cristiano Ronaldo! That's a really good save by Steklenburg. It was at him, but powerfully at him. And somehow the Dutch goalkeeper managed to claw it out. Great header. Only one winner when they're at that header. Pepe. And Ronaldo's running clear here. He's offside. Goal from Rafa van der Vaart, but it's not enough for Holland as things stand. Ronaldo. Support from Raul Meireles. Still unable to coach it into the box with his unfavoured left foot. Peloso. João Pereira. Good run by Ronaldo. Surely this time, yes! An almost inevitable goal for Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo, he has squatted so many chances in the first two weeks of this tournament. But he has now scored a critical goal for his country. A captain's goal. Fantastic finish. What a great run as well. We're in reasonable position. Poor ball from Willems. Gives it away cheaply. Now you're looking at Ronaldo. Watch him. Middle of the picture. You're just about to see him make a quick darting run. Here he goes right there. Times it perfectly. It's a goal that puts Portugal back into a qualifying spot. Because it's 1-1 in Lviv and 1-1 in Kharkiv. And so we are as we were at the start of the night with Germany in first place and Portugal in second. Good try. Mistake by Robben. Pulled back to Ronaldo. Trying to help it on to Nani. Nani's shot. Witness just wide of Stecklenburg's left-hand pose. He's good at that with his left foot, Nani. Moutinho setting up Ronaldo. This is Postega. Tyson managed to get it away. Veloso. Ronaldo. Going for a long range. He was brilliantly struck. Somehow Stecklenburg got in the way of it. Seems to be in the mood now. Cristiano Ronaldo. It's that shot, Clive. I mean that is a good 35 yards out. That is right out the goalkeeper. He doesn't fancy catching it at all. Elder Postega. Cristiano Ronaldo. The shot is deflected. Loops over Nani. He's gone for a corner. Moutinho in the corner. Towards Ronaldo. He's everywhere at the moment. Doing absolutely everything for his team. The goal shots. He runs into the gullies. Twice now he's gone close with his head. Portugal back in a qualified position. What they have done well since going behind is get their key players in the game. Nani and Ronaldo in particular. Pepe. Long to Ronaldo. That's a fantastic skill. He's got away from van der Wiel. Ronaldo. Maybe overdid it in the end. He didn't have support. First touch wasn't bad, was it? He's enjoying himself tonight. Fantastic touch. Now he's away from van der Wiel. Not going to catch him. Maybe a step over him on the right side. But he's never really got it set properly for a shot on his left foot. He knows. Searching ball. Ronaldo just got up a little bit too early and jumped underneath it. Ronaldo. Bruno Alves. Portugal have come from behind here. Up for a bright start from Holland. But he's been the man of the half. He's got a goal in the tournament at last. And Portugal have looked the stronger side in the closing stages. At half time here in Kharkiv, it's Portugal 1, Holland 1. Bruno Alves fired into Ronaldo. Postega off to Nani. Lifted over the head of van der Wiel for Ronaldo. It was blocked in the end, but they were undone again. Another well-timed run from Ronaldo. Ronaldo purring now. Through the legs of Pavla, who did just catch him. He's such an athlete as well as a skillful individual. He's got the lock there. Extremely powerful. He's turning and running at you in big, big trouble. And he's got too much around Pavla. He's got problems, he knows it. 17 first half minutes, Holland were in front. Not even Ronaldo will catch that. De Jong giving it straight to other Postega. Routinho to Ronaldo. A little isolated here with van der Wiel. Lifted towards the far post. He didn't think it was a shot. No, I think he's trying to pick out maybe Nani or Postega, who's actually in the box. Ronaldo with Fabio Quintral ahead of him. Quintral, corner kick. De Jong, Routinho. Cross back in towards Pepe, headed down for Cristiano Ronaldo. Mishit, but Postega! Offside, one count. Certainly the nod back from Pepe is controlled. And then Ronaldo hits that. Postega, yeah, offside. Good decision. That was up very sharp. Montellar. Ronaldo's able to bring it away. Got away from Montellar. Running now, van der Wiel. He's plugged it in to Fabio Quintral. He's made an adventurous run. Fabio Quintral, good save. Terrific break. Brilliant run from Ronaldo. Again, Quintral kept going all the way from left-back position. It's a good hit, similar to van der Waart's goal. Steckenberg able to make the save. Here goes Ronaldo again. The ball comes around Routinho. Ronaldo's rolled it in to Nemi! Oh, what a save by Steckenberg! That was the perfect ball from Ronaldo, but Steckenberg somehow kept it out. Fabulous run. What a miss this is. And we will credit the goalkeeper, who's got no right to make the save here. He should be pulling this out the back of the net. And the goal elsewhere can change things for Portugal. They needed that. Van der Waart. Couldn't quite sort his feet out. Pepe did it for him. Ronaldo into the path of João Moutinho. And here comes Nani again. And look at the support that he has in towards Ronaldo! 2-1 Portugal! Just had to wait a moment. But he had the composure. He certainly had the ability. And Portugal have the lead. And Holland look to be heading out of Euro 2012. Ronaldo's second of the night. Simply stunning goal on the counter. Great little ball from Moutinho. This one is weighted perfectly from Nani. And he's never going to panic, is he? He drops back inside. He has a touch. He sets. He waits. He looks at the goalkeeper. He eyes up the situation perfectly. And then strokes it home beautifully. Accurately. More important clinically for his team. That's a brilliant finish. And that tops a brilliant performance for me from Ronaldo. Lots of questions asked about him. About those misses. And what he'd given in the opening two games. Well he's answered everything tonight. Everything and more. Portugal are going through as things stand. Behind Germany in second place in the group. But just to reiterate. It is so tense now. A goal for Denmark in Leverkusen. And Germany are going out. Another beautifully engineered break. Raul Morel is switching it now to Ronaldo. He's got the right back for support. He might not need it. Ronaldo hits the post. Not far away from a hat-trick. They're enjoying scoring the tournament. They've gone in. Could have easily had a hat-trick. Neither Cristiano Ronaldo came to the party. And the supporting cast isn't bad either. Portugal looked a team tonight. Against a disparate collection of talented individuals. Who just couldn't get their act together. But Van Marwijk's Holland are out. Unceremoniously dumped out of the competition. Without so much as a point. But this is a different Portugal from we've seen in the past. They have some talented individuals. But they have a hardcore too. And they have gone through here tonight by winning 2-1.