Ronaldo the elite king of a two-tier football society

In many ways it was the perfect Champions League moment, writes Tommy Martin.

Ronaldo the elite king of a two-tier football society
Thu, 05 Apr, 2018 - 01:00
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Tommy Martin
Tommy Martin is a broadcaster and presenter who writes on a broad range of Irish and international sport’s topics.

Not just for the acrobatic daring of Cristiano Ronaldo’s leap and the purity of his strike. Nor merely that it saw one of the competition’s greatest players scoring an iconic goal on one of its marquee nights.

It was, almost literally, what the Champions League was invented for.

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