Cristiano Ronaldo will be looking to further his claims on the World Cup Golden Boot on Saturday evening as well as trying to get his team into the quarter finals and it looks like he's in fine fettle.
It's been quite the World Cup for Cristiano Ronaldo already. He scored a hat-trick that included a penalty and a last minute equaliser from a free kick in his first game, a match winner in his second and missed a spot kick in his third.
His four goals put him level with Romelu Lukaku in second in the race for the Golden Boot in Russia, both men one behind England's Harry Kane.
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It also took them to second in Group B, behind Spain only on goals scored, and set up a tasty tie against Uruguay in the last 16.
With the pressure on Ronaldo to book their place in the last eight you might think the Real Madrid forward was feeling it but based on their training session he's taking it in his stride.
Lionel Messi's New Hotel Room Is Opposite A Cristiano Ronaldo Mural
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Lionel Messi's new hotel room could come with a very interesting view for the Argentina captain.
After sneaking through to the last 16 courtesy of a dramatic late winner from Marcos Rojo against Nigeria, Jorge Sampaoli's side will play Group C winners France at the Kazan Arena on Saturday.
The Abicalestes have therefore relocated to Kazan in preparation for their first knockout game, but directly opposite their new hotel base is a massive multi-coloured mural of Cristiano Ronaldo winking.
Argentina are staying at Ramada, a four-star hotel that comprises of many rooms overlooking a two-storey painting of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner that doesn't hail from Rosario.
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Ahead of Portugal's stay in the same hotel for the Confederations Cup last year, a piece of Ronaldo graffiti was created by Naberezhnye Chelny to mark his arrival.
Now, depending on the room he gets given, there's a good chance that Messi will be faced with his long-time rival when he draws his curtains.
We doubt his night's sleep will be too bad (unlike Ronaldo, who was kept up by noisy Iran fans the other nights) though - as Messi will too get his own artwork.
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Some reports said that Messi had demanded to have his own mural in the area but an employee of the city's mayor office denied that.
"We are indeed painting graffiti portraying Messi, but we planned to do it already last year, and Kazan mayor Ilsur Metshin mentioned that," he said, as per Four Four Two.
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