Andy Gray has claimed that Leeds United target Goncalo Ramos’ hat-trick for Portugal against Switzerland at the 2022 FIFA World Cup is the ‘best I have seen’.
The former Aston Villa striker was left amazed as the 21-year-old, who only started against Switzerland because Cristiano Ronaldo was benched, wrote his name into the history books in some style.
Before this tournament started, both Ronaldo and Lionel Messi had zero goals during the knockout stages, yet Ramos has shown just how easy it can be done…well, for him at least.
That was a statement of all statements from the Benfica man, who was already attracting interest from the likes of Manchester United and Leeds United before a ball was kicked in the Middle East.
Regardless of what Ramos does in his career, it’s a moment he will never forget, as Andy Gray praised him for the type of finishes he produced, as he told beIN SPORTS.
“In my opinion, it’s the best I have seen,” said Gray. “You take into consideration the opponent. We are in the last-16. This is not Korea Republic. Yes, Brazil were great, but they were playing Korea.
“It must be an amazing feeling for the kid – three very different finishes as well. In the first one, he used the power from a tight angle and smashed it into the net from a tight space.
“The second was a typical centre-forward’s goal. He muscled out the centre-back, with a little toe-poke at the near post.
“And then that one, the hat-trick goal, one v one with the goalkeeper. Sometimes it fazes you. But he just dinks it over. Three very different finishes, but brilliantly done.”
RAMOS THE WILDCARD
From Bruno Fernandes to Cristiano Ronaldo, not many opposition teams would have been worrying or thinking about Ramos before his hat-trick against the Swiss.
But now all of that changes and he becomes the joker in the pack for the Euro 2016 winners.
It’s Morocco up next for Portugal and a place in the last-four for one of these teams would be epic of the highest proportions because other teams would have been backed to be there before them.
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