Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Portugal beat Sweden 3 - 2 and sealed a place in the 2014 World Cup.

A Ronaldo goal in the first leg gave Portugal a 1 - 0 lead heading into tonight's second leg in Stockholm.

The Real Madrid scored just after half-time to give Portugal a 2 - 0 aggregate lead.

But Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted a header and free-kick in the space of five minutes to make it 2 - 2 on aggregate.

But Ronaldo scored twice more in the 77th and 79th minutes to send Portugal through, 4 - 2 on aggregate.

Off The Ball spoke to Gabriele Marcotti after the game and he was effusive about the star duo's performance.

"It was a great display by Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic. Zlatan did his thing to put Sweden in front and the tide was turning then boom! Ronaldo completes his personal hat-trick. He took his country by the hand today," said Marcotti.