Remarkable video of what Ronaldo went through before iconic Real penalty proves his greatness

Cristiano Ronaldo is absolutely nerveless.

The Manchester United star has proven time and time again throughout his decorated career that nobody in the history of men’s football is more unerringly reliable when it comes to performing in the big moments.

From countless Champions League comebacks to World Cup hat-tricks and everything in between, it’s not for no reason that Ronaldo is so often heralded as the ultimate clutch player.

And while we would be here all day if we wanted to breakdown every single time that Ronaldo has proven that fact, one particular occasion comes to mind in regards to the 37-year-old’s pressure performances.

Cast your mind back to Ronaldo’s last season at Real Madrid in 2017/18 where it looked as though a place in the Champions League final was simply assured after the first leg of their semi-final tie.

Los Blancos had swept aside Juventus in their own back garden in a game famous for Ronaldo scoring arguably his greatest ever goal: a stunning bicycle kick that drew applause from the home fans in Turin.

However, the 3-0 lead that Zinedine Zidane’s men had established in northern Italy came apart at the seams in extraordinary circumstances as Juventus managed to pull the aggregate score back to 3-3 in Madrid.

With Mario Mandzukic’s brace and Blaise Matuidi’s equaliser finding the net unreturned in the opening 90 minutes, it looked as though Real vs Juve would be going all the way to an additional half-hour.

But you know the rest of the story with a crazy stoppage-time incident that culminated in Gianluigi Buffon’s dismissal and Real winning a penalty that Ronaldo duly converted flipping the game on its head.

Now, that fact alone is an emphatic demonstration of Ronaldo’s ultimate big-game