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Cristiano Ronaldo sets two new national records

2021-10-10T12:13:09.057Z


During the victory of Portugal, this Saturday, in a friendly match against Qatar (3-0), Cristiano Ronaldo scored against a 46th different country and


From the top of his 36 years, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to panic the football planet and to write a little more his legend.

This Saturday, during a friendly match against Qatar (3-0), the host country of the next World Cup, the Manchester United striker added two new records to his rich career.

Os recordes são semper marcantes, mas aqueles que caem ao sertço da nossa Selecção assumem uma dimensão especial.

181 jogos com a camisola das quinas são 181 motivos de orgulho!

E marcar contra 46 diferentes países é algo que nunca imaginei que fosse possível.Força Portugal 🇵🇹💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/egmX1U7PSo

- Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) October 10, 2021

By opening the scoring with a close-range strike, inside the box, after a perfect handover of the head of his club teammate, Diogo Dalot, the number 7 became the first player to score against 46 different countries. .

Earlier in the evening, he had already offered the European record for the number of caps (181), overtaking the Spaniard Sergio Ramos and approaching the world record of the Egyptian, Ahmed Hassan (184).

"181 reasons to be proud"

In a tweet, the striker in the race for a sixth golden ball next November, was delighted with this new performance: “The records are always exceptional, but those who are in the service of our national team take a particular dimension.

181 games with the Portugal jersey, that's 181 reasons to be proud ”.

Last month, against Ireland (2-1), in the qualifiers for the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo had already broken the record of Iranian Ali Daei (109 goals), who was the author of the most large number of goals in selection.

Since yesterday, the Portuguese is at 112 and still intends to consolidate this advance.

Source: leparis

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