Cristiano Ronaldo rolled back the years by scoring a spectacular bicycle kick as Portugal thumped Poland 5-1 in Friday's UEFA Nations League contest to qualify for the competition's quarter-finals.
The 39-year-old continues to captain his national team despite being in the twilight years of his career and remains deadly in front of goal as Poland's defence found out first-hand.
Ronaldo started the encounter upfront and scored twice in the emphatic victory with Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leao and Chelsea's Pedro Neto also finding the back of the net in the win.
The Real Madrid and Man United legend scored his first goal from the penalty spot to give Portugal a two-goal cushion, but it was his second strike that stunned those inside the Estadio do Dragao.
Ronaldo previously scored a stunning bicycle kick against Juventus in 2018 that is widely-regarded as the greatest goal in Champions League history, and while his latest strike wasn't as incredible, it was still an impressive feat.
Portugal were attacking around the edge of Poland's box in the final few minutes of regulation time before a quick-one two gave PSG midfielder Vitinha space to work a pass across goal.
His pinpoint cross was perfectly weighted to find Ronaldo in acres of space at the back-post and the superstar striker duly obliged by rising into the air and making a stunning connection.
Ronaldo had to generate most of the power himself with Neto's cross floated into the air but executed his effort perfectly, sending the ball back across goal and into the bottom corner with goalkeeper Marcin Bulka stranded.
The 50,000-seater stadium exploded as the ball nestled in the back of the net and a stunned Ronaldo sprinted off to celebrate, hitting his iconic siuuu celebration and pumping fists before being mobbed by team-mates.
His goal put Portugal en route for a 5-0 cleansheet win over Poland only for Dominik Marczuk to score a consolation for the visitors just one minute later.
Supporters on social media were amazed by Ronaldo's athleticism with one fan posting on X: 'What a spectacular bicycle kick! Truly the GOAT.'
Another onlooker stated: 'Almost 40 how is he still doing this?' in reaction to the remarkable goal.
His two strikes against Poland move Ronaldo onto 910 career goals with the icon dreaming of reaching 1000 before retirement and has already scored 15 times for club and country this season.
dougiefresh
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Cristiano Ronaldo is breaking records one after the other. 🔥 He now becomes the player with the most WINS. He doesn't follow records. Records follow him
EmeraldJ
36
The question that these players should be asking is how did CR7 and Messi stay so long in the game, playing almost 90 minutes all the time yet they managed to avoid serious and long injuries? They should study these guys on how they take care of their bodies and the mentality they possess. We have so many noodles players these days who frequent injury layoffs. We defend them that they play so much matches but honestly CR7 and Messi played (and still playing) more matches at that age. They should be studied ohhhhhhh
jesalam14
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As Madrid fans, nothing really makes us cry cause we have 15 UCLs and 36 Ligas but one thing that always makes me emotional is seeing this man score for Portugal and doing his iconic celebration. Happiness that can’t be explained❤️
Royalkid1
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1. "910 goals and counting—Ronaldo isn’t chasing history; he’s rewriting it. Pure legend. 🐐🔥" 2. "When greatness calls, Ronaldo answers. Every touch, every goal, every moment—he’s a master of the game. 🇵🇹👑"