Cristiano Ronaldo returned. After not adding minutes in the first two friendlies, the legend of Portugal He was a starter in the last preparatory match for the Euro Cup against Ireland and sent a message to his next rivals in the continental competition after converting two points in it Aveiro Municipal Stadiumwhich helped consolidate the victory 3-0 in the farewell before his audience.
One of the great favorites to lift the continental title organized in Germany closed the initial stage with the minimum advantage achieved by the goal of Joao Felix at 17 minutes. Five later, Cristiano warned with a frontal free kick that was deflected by the barrier and rejected by the post. In addition, he no longer forgave. In the first seconds of the final part, He elegantly lowered a long delivery from Rúben Neves, faced his marker, put in a bicycle, hooked his right to the middle and hit a tremendous left foot that slipped into the upper right corner of Caoimhin Kelleher.
The 39-year-old striker’s move made the crowd delirious, and they sang the classic “Yesssss.”a cry popularized in the celebrations of the Portuguese, who also He was applauded by the fans shouting “Cristiano Ronaldo” at 51′. At 59′, the show of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner added another gem with a first-touch shot at the door of the area which changed for a goal after an assist from Diogo Jota.
It was the end of an excellent performance by CR7which included a emotional gesture in the protocol exit of the teams to the field. The attacker helped a girl in a wheelchair move to the playing field. His outstanding actions earned him multiple praises on social networks and showed the most human side of the footballer. Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia.
With his doublet, Cristiano extended his advantage with Lionel Messi in the fight to be football’s all-time top scorer. The record leader has 895 shouts in 1,226 official matches. He was one step away from reaching 900 goals, something he could achieve in the matches against the Czech Republic in Leipzig (6/18), Turkey in Dortmund (6/22) and Georgia in Gelsenkirchen (6/26) for the Group F of the Eurocup. With this meeting, He surpassed the historic goalkeeper Rogério Ceni as the player with the most commitments at club and national levelaccording to data from the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
On the opposite path, Leo accumulates 834 scores in 1060 gamesas expressed in the figures provided by the specialized page Messi Stats. In addition, he has scored 156 doubles, 49 triplets, 6 poker and 2 repóker, beyond the 44 titles in his career that make him the winningest player in history. Both are separated by 61 points of difference.
Each one on their continent, they will dominate the fight for the title of highest scoring player in the national team arena. So far, the world champion He is in third place on that list with 106 goals (and 54 assists) in 181 games with Argentina, while The European occupies first place with 130 celebrations in 207 games with Portugal.
In the second location, Ali Daei registers 109 goals in 149 matches, according to data from the IFFHS, compiled throughout his career from 1993 to 2006. It should be remembered, this man claims to have 111 goals and FIFA does not validate that figure because it does not scores a double against Afghanistan.
THE TABLE OF TOP GOAL SCORES IN NATIONAL TEAMS:
1- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal): 128 goals in 203 games *
2- Ali Daei (Iran): 109 goals in 149 games
3- Lionel Messi (Argentina): 106 goals in 180 games *
4- Sunil Chhetri (India): 94 goals in 151 games
5- Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia): 89 goals in 142 games
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST MATCHES IN NATIONAL TEAMS
1- Cristiano Ronaldo (206 appearances for Portugal) *
2- Bader Al-Mutawa (196 – Kuwait) *
3- Soh Chin Ann (195 – Malaysia)
4- Ahmed Hasan (184 – Egypt)
5- Ahmed Mubarak Kano (183 – Oman)
6- Lionel Messi (180 – Argentina) *
7- Andrés Guardado (180 – Mexico) *
8- Sergio Ramos (180 – Spain) *
9- Claudio Suárez (177 – Mexico)
10- Gianluigi Buffon (176 – Italy)
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH THE MOST MATCHES IN THE AMERICAN CUP
1- Lionel Messi (34 matches – Argentina) *
2- Sergio Livingstone (34 games – Chile)
3- Zizinho (33 games – Brazil)
4- Víctor Ugarte (30 games – Bolivia)
5- Yoshimar Yotún (27 matches – Peru) *
6- Gary Medel (27 games – Chile) *
* They are active
* The summary of Portugal’s victory against Ireland
