Cristiano Ronaldo's spectacular hat-trick on Tuesday night, March 12, against Atletico Madrid was enough to secure a quarter finals place for Juventus in the Champions League.
Juventus came into the match with the hope of overturning Atletico's 2-0 goal advantage secured in Spain after the first leg of the fixture.
However, the Italian giants managed to stage a sensational comeback in Turin courtesy of Ronaldo to dump Atletico out of the tournament.
The Portuguese star's girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, was in the stands to cheer the star forward and could not hold back her tears as Ronaldo powered his side to victory.
It was reported that the former Real Madrid talisman promised his family he would score thrice.
He went on to fulfill that promise, leaving Georgina thrilled with his 86th penalty.
The 25-year-old could be seen holding back her breath as she let her emotions get the better of her at the Allianz Stadium.
Ronaldo is now on course for a fourth consecutive Champions League title, having won a hat-trick of the same while at Real Madrid under Zinedine Zidane.
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