The record showcase for Cristiano Ronaldo continues to increase in the search for the bichampionship of the Eurocup, where with a double in the 3-0 victory in his debut with the Portugal selection in view of Hungary, broke one “triple Crown” of records in the historic continental tournament.
Officially, the Lusitanian has become the top scorer in the entire history of the European Championship after reaching 11 goals thus surpassing Michel platini, who shared the top with 9 goals until this Monday in the duel corresponding to the Group H held in the Estadio Ferenc Puskás.
Cristiano detached himself from the French icon near the end of the match when the scoreboard was equal to zero, since at 87 minutes, the Hungarian team awarded a maximum penalty that he himself CR7 would be effective to reach the dozen entries in the championship.
CRISTIANO RONALDO IS INEVITABLE ⚽ pic.twitter.com/s2OFvOJzEy
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Just five minutes later, when the scoreboard seemed to be 2-0, the attacker of the Juventus He would seal his debut with a double to make it 3-0 after an extraordinary double-wall play that would culminate in dribbling the goalkeeper to establish himself as the top scorer in the Euro alone.
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He’s now scored 106 international goals ???? pic.twitter.com/AhNbGXBXXM
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Similarly, after stepping on the ground in this new edition, Cristiano managed to be the only footballer to play five European Cups: Portugal 2004, Austria / Switzerland 2008, Poland / Ukraine 2012, France 2016 and the present tournament with 22 matches played; in addition to being the only player to score in each of them.
As if that were not enough, with this victory, Portugal’s top scorer achieved his win number 12 in the competition, the most victories for any footballer.
With this double, Ronaldo is getting closer and closer to the record that would place him as the maximum network-breaker in the history of the national teams, reaching 106 goals, so you only need three more to equal the 109 of Ali Daei and four to get over it.
Portugal started with the right foot the defense of its title that it reached in the 2016 edition within the “Group of Death” which in turn shares with France and Germany.
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