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Another record for superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese scored his 700th club-level goal over the weekend. His teammates and the coach now speak for themselves.
After his historic record of 700 goals, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (37), little requested by Manchester United, was celebrated. “700 club goals for the incredible Ronaldo. That’s 35 goals a season in 20 years. Absurd,” tweeted English football legend Gary Lineker (61) on 9 October 2022.
The British record champions and the newspaper “Daily Mail” spoke of an “overwhelming and incredible achievement”. Only the 37-year-old calmly took his next career breakout record. “Another step in the right direction”, wrote Cristiano Ronaldo on Instagram: “This is for you United fans”.
Cristiano Ronaldo scores the 700th goal at club level
He should still be a special goal for Ronaldo, especially as he hardly plays a role under new manager Erik ten Hag (52).
The outstanding striker made his only starter appearance in the 4-0 defeat to Brentford on 13 August, having played just 80 minutes in the league as a substitute since then until Sunday’s game against Everton.
“He is really impressive when 700 goals are scored. This is a huge achievement. I congratulate him,” said Ten Hag. “It is his first goal of the season this season Premier League He had to wait. I am sure there will be other goals on the way. “
Ronaldo also came in as a substitute against Everton (29 minutes), 15 minutes later he scored the 2-1 winning goal from Casemiro’s through ball (30 ‘), the 700th club-level goal of the five-time player world, who is also the top scorer of the national team of the World jersey is (117) and also leaders in the Champions League with 140 goals.
It was Ronaldo’s 144th goal with Manchester United, while he also scored 450 with Real Madrid, 101 with Juventus and five with Sporting Lisbon.
United colleagues praise Ronaldo
“Ronaldo is an incredible player – and he’s been an incredible player since I’ve seen him as a young man. We can keep building and when he starts scoring he doesn’t stop,” said teammate Marcus Rashford (24).
Ronaldo’s compatriot Bruno Fernandes (28) said: “It’s hard to count Cristiano’s goals because every week looks like a new record! Of course we are very happy. He worked hard to achieve this.” (Dpa)