By Chris Wright
Real Madrid succinctly overturned a 1-2 first-leg deficit to beat Celta Vigo 4-0 in the second leg of their Copa Del Rey last-16 fixture at the Bernabeu last night, with Cristiano Ronaldo sticking away a routine hat-trick just for the sheer hell of it.
As well as keeping his imperious goals-to-game ratio intact, Ronaldo was also the source of a spectacular mini tantrum for Jose Mourinho, who suffered a small reactor core meltdown when Ronaldo was ‘tripped’ on the edge of the area only for the free-kick calls to be quashed by the officials.
Mourinho leapt from his seat, scooped up a stray football and attempted to wallop it back towards the dugouts where a member of his staff momentarily saw his life flash before his eyes…
And to think; according to a Sigma Dos poll, 61.6% of Real Madrid fans think this man in tarnishing the club’s image!