Solna: Superb hat trick from Cristiano Ronaldo secured Portugal a 3-2 win over Sweden and a 4-2 victory on aggregate in Tuesday’s thrilling finale to their playoff. This win made Portugal qualified for the World Cup 2014.
World Cup After a hesitant first half in which the Real Madrid forward missed several scoring chances, the much-awaited contest between two of the biggest names in world football – Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic – finally burst into life in a spectacular second half.
Ronaldo broke the deadlock, Ibrahimovic struck twice to make it 2-1 to the hosts on the night – only for Ronaldo to score two more to secure his team’s place in Brazil.
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