Eden Hazard Rates Cristiano Ronaldo’s Goal Against Juventus As “The Most Beautiful”

• Belgium and Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard has picked his favourite goal
• The 32-year-old believes one of Ronaldo's collection of sterling goals wowed him
• He is currently recovering from his 18th injury since joining Real Madrid in 2019

Eden Hazard has described Cristiano Ronaldo's stunning acrobatic goal against Juventus as the "most beautiful" goal he has ever seen.

The Belgian, who is currently recuperating from yet another injury setback, believes Ronaldo's effort against the Bianconerri in the Champions League outweighs every goal he has witnessed.

According to the Belgian, who was by then at Chelsea, he gave Ronaldo a standing ovation lasting a minute owing to the inch-perfect nature of the goal.

How did Ronaldo score against Juventus?

The then Real Madrid forward delivered a goal for the ages as he helped his club seal an emphatic 3-0 win at Juventus back in 2018.

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Having already broken the game's deadlock, Ronaldo put an exclamation mark on his performance with an outstanding bicycle kick.

In the 64th minute, Cristiano, who was moving away from the goal, leapt into the air to meet a cross from Daniel Carvajal.

His perfect overhead kick left legendary Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon helpless.

How did Hazard react to Ronaldo's goal?

When asked about the most beautiful goal he has seen, Hazard said as quoted by Madrid Zone: “Cristiano Ronaldo's goal against Juve. I stood in front of the TV applauding for more than a minute.”

Here is the video of the goal:

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Five years on, Ronaldo is ageing like fine wine when he bagged four goals and recorded his 61st career hattrick during Al Nassr’s match against Al-Wehda in the Saudi Pro League.

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Al Nassr went to Al-Wehda on Thursday without suspended top scorer Talisca but the Portuguese icon ensured that the Brazilian was not missed.

Cristiano's goal-scoring heroics has seen him notch over 300 league goals during his nine-year stint with Real Madrid while also crossing the 100-goal mark at Man United.

Hazard picks 18th injury at Madrid

Meanwhile, Hazard is out of action with a knee injury, the 18th injury he's picked up since joining Los Blancos. Madrid have not confirmed how long the Belgian attacker will be out, Sports Brief earlier reported.

At Madrid, the Belgian has been largely underwhelming, playing only 73 games and scoring just seven goals in three and a half years.

When Hazard was signed by Madrid just over three years ago, he was valued at a whopping €115 million. He is now valued at only €7.5 million.