Spain midfielder, Isco has stated that he is “not going to speak to Cristiano Ronaldo again” after seeing his Real Madrid team-mate score a hat-trick for Portugal against Spain at World Cup 2018. An Iberian derby on Russia soil was expected to produce fireworks, and it did not disappoint as a topsy-turvy encounter swung one way and then the other – with a familiar figure having the final word.
“Don’t talk to me about Cristiano! I’m not going to speak to him again after what he did the other day. He doesn’t have a high strike rate [from free-kicks], but when he has his day… his first two goals gave him confidence and got him looking for his hat trick,” Isco said.