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| Ronaldo celebrating his second goal against Sevilla in Cardiff Stadium on Tuesday during the Uefa Super Cup match. Ronaldo netted a brace to earn Madrid a 2-0 win and first trophy of the season. |
Despite a disappointing World Cup campaign, the 29-years old
Portuguese winger has not tired yet from the game after yet again stepping up
to help his club win their first Uefa Super Cup on Tuesday. Ronaldo scored both goals in each half to help his side overcome Sevilla by 2-0 in a match played in Cardiff
on Tuesday. The Los Blanco fielded a great team comprising of the new signings
who added more flavor to the European champions.
The match may have seen the best from Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema,
Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez but as usual, the normal suspect stole the show
again. Cristiano Ronaldo converted Bale’s cross to the far post before netting
his brace in the second half with a neat finish in the top corner of the net
after being set up by Benzema. Following this, the winger is now closing down
on the top European scorers.
70 European goals
The brace means Ronaldo has now scored 70 goals in the
continental competition with 68 of these scored in champions league and two in
Uefa Super Cup. This moves him to second position alongside Filippo Inzaghi, the
former Juventus and Ac Milan striker. However, the Portuguese is still six goals
shot of former club mate Raul who scored 76 goals for Real Madrid and Schalke. Ronaldo
will also put a smile on his face after surpassing his great rival Lionel Messi
who has so far scored 68 goals. The Madrid star has also scored 254 goals in
247 matches played for the club since his move to the club in 2009 from Manchester
United.
With Inzaghi and Raul already out of the game, the race will
go down the wire to the two players who seem unchallengeable in the modern
game. Many matches are still underway for both players and its all about time
before more records are broken by the duo.
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