NAfter Cristiano Ronaldo had reached the next milestone, the Italian press turned the brand name “CR7” into “CR750” without further ado, but the record hunter himself was very modest. “750 goals, 750 happy moments, 750 smiles on the faces of our fans,” wrote the Juventus Turin superstar on Instagram after cracking this historic mark on Wednesday evening: “I would like to thank all my coaches and teammates who have helped me to achieve this great number. “
At Juves 3-0 in the Champions League against Dynamo Kiev the big moment had come: Ronaldo shot the ball over the line in the 57th minute to make it 2-0. But he is far from full, now Ronaldo wants to reach the sound barrier of 800 goals as soon as possible and thus also crack the mark of 767 hits of the Brazilian legend Pelé.
Italian newspapers extensively praised the 35-year-old, who now has 132 goals in the premier class. Ronaldo is a “phenomenon that devours one record after the other,” wrote Corriere dello Sport. The Gazzetta dello Sport stated: “The world is cheering CR750.”
Lead over Messi
Indeed, Ronaldo’s statistics are impressive. The superstar has been elected world footballer five times, was the top scorer in the Champions League seven times and is also the record scorer for the Portuguese national team with 102 goals. He began his professional career with Sporting Lisbon at the age of 17, moving to Manchester United in 2003, Real Madrid in 2009 and Juve in 2018. At all stations – with the exception of Sporting – Ronaldo won the championship title at least twice.
On Wednesday, Ronaldo also extended his lead in the ranking of the most successful goalscorers in Champions League history over competitor Lionel Messi (118 hits). FC Barcelona’s Messi was not in the squad in the Catalans’ 3-0 win at Ferencvaros Budapest.
Defending champion Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller scored against Atlético Madrid for the 47th time on Tuesday, overtaking Filippo Inzaghi. Striker star Robert Lewandowski (71) was given a break against the Spaniards.
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