[Mhiz Rebecca]

Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday set a new record
as he became the first player ever to score a
hat-trick in a FIFA Club World Cup final
match.
The Real Madrid forward has been the
headliner in 2016 culminating in him being
voted the Ballon D’ Or winner last Monday
before the Los Blancos departed for the FIFA
Club World Cup.
On Sunday, Ronaldo fired a hat trick as Real
Madrid came from behind before securing an
extra time comeback win in the final match of
the FIFA Club World Cup.
It almost went bad for the 11-time UEFA
Champions League winners as Gaku Shibasaki
cancelled out Karim Benzema’s opener and
put the Japanese side in front as they headed
for an unlikely upset.
But Ronaldo stepped up and netted a hat-trick
in remarkable fashion to secure a 4-2 win and
the Club World Cup for the Zinedine Zidane
tutored side.
Ronaldo has had a remarkable week – won
Ballon D’Or on Monday, scored his 500th club
goal on Thursday and won the Golden Ball of
the World Club Cup with a record hat-trick in
the final.
It has equally been an outstanding year as the
Portuguese won the Champions League,
European Championship and Ballon d’Or in
2016 and ended the year with yet more glory
now with FIFA Club World Cup.