“Compared to before, Cristiano Ronaldo has more realistic assessments of himself. He is about to turn 39 in February 2024. This Portuguese player is enjoying what he has, instead of always placing Bigger goals and records. It’s completely different from just 1 or 2 years ago”, commented Marca newspaper (Spain).
Cristiano Ronaldo is enjoying what he has
Cristiano Ronaldo just scored a double goal to help the Portuguese team beat Slovakia 3-2 to soon win a ticket to the EURO 2024 finals . These goals also helped Cristiano Ronaldo reach the milestone of scoring 125 goals in 202 matches for the Portuguese team.
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Currently there is only Messi (scored 104 goals for the Argentina team); Sunil Chhetri (India, 93 goals); Lewandowski (Poland, 81 goals); Ali Mabkhout (UAE, 80 goals); Lukaku (Belgium, 78 goals) and Neymar (Brazil, 77 goals). These players are still playing in the national shirt, so they can completely pursue Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of the number of goals scored for the team.
According to Marca statistics, out of the total number of goals scored for the Portuguese team mentioned above, there are 72 goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo after the age of 30. With this number of goals alone, Cristiano Ronaldo is also in the top 20 scorers. top of world football.
This is a number of goals that even other top players have not achieved in their careers while playing for the team, such as Luis Suarez (68 goals), Didier Drogba (65 goals), Ronaldo Nazario (62 goals). and even Harry Kane (also only scored 55 goals).
Cristiano Ronaldo is currently 43 goals away from reaching the milestone of scoring 900 goals in his career
In total in his career so far for both club and team, Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record of scoring 857 goals.
When asked if he set a goal of reaching 1,000 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo shared: “It will be quite difficult, but let’s wait and see. I currently feel good physically and mentally. I am also very happy to play for the club and the team.
However, I cannot think further now, that I will try to achieve this or that, or that I will play until I am 41 or 42 years old. I have become more realistic, no longer setting any distant goals for myself and only thinking about striving in short stages. Above all, I try to enjoy what I have. Regarding the number of 1,000 goals, first of all to achieve that achievement, I must surpass the number of 900 goals. This is the number I think I can achieve.”
Cristiano Ronaldo is currently 43 goals away from reaching the milestone of scoring 900 goals in his career. He also hopes to attend the EURO 2024 finals. If he participates, he will also set a record of 6 times attending EURO after previous editions in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 (2021 competition).
