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EXTRA TIME: How South Africa reacted to Cristiano Ronaldo's heroics at Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo has years of experience beating Atletico Madrid from his time in La Liga.

Now at Juventus, he was upset when his new team lost the first leg in Madrid. He took it upon himself to gain revenge on Atletico in Turin.

As you can see in a Tweet from Robert Marawa below, Ronaldo even predicted he would score a hat-trick in the second leg.

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South African soccer fans, the media and PSL stars all hailed Ronaldo for his magnificent performance, scoring all three goals as Juventus beat Atletico 3-0 and progressed to the Uefa Champions League quarter-finals.

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