Cristiano Ronaldo — career goal #656

Portugal vs Spain

Portugal and Spain shared six goals in Sochi. Ronaldo scored from the spot, added another before the interval and completed his hat-trick with a late equaliser. The draw opened both teams’ Group B campaigns.

Date

2018-06-15

Competition

2018 FIFA World Cup

Match result

3–3

Venue

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia

Goal minute

44

Finish

left foot

Recorded match events

1. 4′ Cristiano Ronaldo — Penalty; Portugal lead
2. 17′ Sergio Busquets i Burgos — Booked
3. 24′ Diego Costa — Spain equalise
4. 27′ Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes — Booked
5. 44′ Cristiano Ronaldo — Portugal lead again
6. 55′ Diego Costa — Spain draw level
7. 58′ Nacho — Spain take the lead
8. 68′ João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo — On for Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes
9. 69′ Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo — On for Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva
10. 70′ Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento — On for Andrés Iniesta Luján
11. 77′ Iago Aspas Juncal — On for Diego da Silva Costa
12. 80′ Adrien Sebastian Perruchet Silva — On for Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes
13. 86′ Lucas Vázquez Iglesias — On for David Josué Jiménez Silva
14. 88′ Cristiano Ronaldo — Hat-trick; Portugal equalise

Match facts

Spain possession

61%

Ronaldo goals

3

Recorded venue

Fisht Olympic Stadium

Referee

Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Attendance

43,866

Related goals

• Goal #655 · Portugal vs Spain
• Goal #657 · Portugal vs Spain
• Goal #656 · Portugal vs Spain

Sources

• Career ledger · CC BY-SA 4.0
• FIFA match report
• FIFA retrospective and lineups
• FIFA group preview
• Wyscout / Pappalardo & Massucco · CC BY 4.0
• Wyscout recorded events · CC BY 4.0
• Wikipedia scorecard · CC BY-SA 4.0