Ronaldo takes his career tally to 500 with victory over Malmo
Raul is arguably the most iconic number seven in the Spanish club’s history, but with Ronaldo’s scoring feats continuing and no sign of him losing effect, he may soon become number one in the fans’ eyes.
“Real Madrid are a club that aim to achieve the impossible and giants like Cristiano Ronaldo make it happen”, Perez stated as Ronaldo, his family, team-mates and head coach Rafa Benitez looked on.
The disputed goal came in a La Liga game at Real Sociedad in September 2010 when Ronaldo’s shot arrowed towards the Sociedad wall, looped up off Pepe’s back and over goalkeeper Claudio Bravo into the net. I speak when I want and the club has not pressured me.
“But I think the team played good, we controlled the game over 90 minutes and we scored two goals, so we are happy”.
The result means that Madrid continue their 100% record in the Champions League this season after a 4-0 win against Shakhtar Donetsk in their opener.
Naturally, Real Madrid won the match and moved to first place on the Group A table thanks to a better goal differential than Paris Saint-Germain.
Ronaldo is also the all-time scoring leader in the Champions League with 82 goals, five more than the injured Lionel Messi.
The 30-year-old brought the win to the “white” team over the Swedish club on Wednesday, as he scored the two goals of the evening in his 501 career appearance. A total of 753 games and 37 hattricks. The ball hit me and then went in, but the credit should go to the player who took the free kick.
Ronaldo’s apology came as he was honoured for equaling the record today.
The Portuguese star has scored ten goals in last six games for Real Madrid and will get the opportunity to break Raul’s record when Real takes on local rivals Atletico Madrid in the Madrid-derby on Sunday.