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Cristiano Ronaldo: Peter Crouch makes HILARIOUS claim as Real Madrid batter Juventus
CRISTIANO RONALDO helped Real Madrid put one foot in the Champions League semi-finals by scoring an outrageous overhead kick tonight.
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— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) 3 April 2018
Cristiano Ronaldo with an outrageous overhead kick!
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And Peter Crouch had the perfect response to the goal, which led stunned Juventus fans to give the Portuguese a standing ovation.
Cristiano Ronaldo had put Real a goal to the good in the first half at the Allianz Stadium when he turned in Marcelo’s cross at the near post.
And he doubled-up in incredible fashion in the 64th minute when he acrobatically met Dani Carvajal’s centre and the ball flew past a stranded Gianluigi Buffon.
Ronaldo’s stunning strike prompted responses from far and wide, with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner roundly praised.
And Crouch, who once scored a similarly impressive goal for Liverpool, made a hilarious claim on Twitter in the wake of it.
"There is only a few of us who can do that," he simply wrote.
Crouch’s tweet went down well with his followers, with more than 17,000 retweets coming in just 15 minutes.
And there were plenty of fans eager to join in the banter, with many responding in brilliant fashion.
"Yeah but can Ronaldo do it against Bolton on a cold and frosty afternoon," quipped one.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid beat Juventus 3-0 in the Champions League
Peter Crouch has the best response to Cristiano Ronaldo's overhead kick against Juventus
"But Ronaldo cant do 'The Robot' can he!!!" wrote another.
"You and big Ashley Barnes did it better," said a third.
"Still not as good as Lord Bendtner," joked a fourth.
Marcelo followed up Ronaldo’s brace by bundling the ball into an empty net to make it 3-0 to Real Madrid.
Real play host to Juventus in the second-leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie next Wednesday.