Cristiano Ronaldo was an angry man. You couldn't really blame him. He was lampooned for criticising underdogs Iceland with his "small mentality" slur after the tiny nation drew with Portugal 1-1 in their opener. Then, he missed a penalty and had a goal ruled out against Austria in a goalless draw.

So, when Diogo Torres, a Portuguese journalist from the country's Correio da Manhã TV channel, approached him with a question on Wednesday morning in Lyon, the Real Madrid superstar blew his top. Torres asked him if he was "ready" for the match and Ronaldo snatched the microphone from his hand and threw it into the adjoining lake.

Unwittingly, Ronaldo had just drawn more pressure on himself. As the story spread across the footballing world, eyes turned towards the Hungary match. This was going to be make or break for Ronaldo – if Portugal crashed out, then Ronaldo would immediately become the centre of a massive storm.

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But trust CR7 to deliver just when required. Hungary took the lead three times and it looked like Portugal were going back home, but all three times they fought back. And all three times, it had Ronaldo's mark on it.

The first was an assist, which set up Nani's first equaliser in the 40th minute. Then, after Hungary went ahead again, Ronaldo took matters in his own hands, scoring his first goal of the tournament with a delightful flick from a cross.

He still wasn't done. Hungary went 3-2 up and, yet again, Ronaldo saved Portugal – rising up to meet a cross and direct it goalwards. It finished 3-3 at the end, the highest scoring match in the Euro 2016 so far. Portugal are through to the pre-quarters, where they meet Croatia. They're still a one-man army. But that one man seems to have discovered his mojo, just when it was most needed.