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15th Mar 2015

VINE: Cristiano Ronaldo finds his man with gorgeous, if unintentional, bit of skill

Of course he meant it

Darragh Murphy

We’ll give the Ballon d’Or holder the benefit of the doubt.

Cristiano Ronaldo came up with an outrageous pass in the first half of Real Madrid’s game against Levante.

With a high ball dropping behind him, ol’ Ronnie was determined not to let his passing stats drop by a single digit as he flicked his heel behind him and guided the ball to Isco’s feet.

Cynics will say it was a stroke of good fortune. Ronaldo will say it was 100% intended. Lionel Messi will say “screw that guy” in Spanish.

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