Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time leading scorer at the national team level (111) with the double he scored last Wednesday in Ireland for the qualifiers in Qatar 2022.
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The Lusitanian came to 33 so many in the history of World Cup qualifiers. However, who holds the first place in this category is the former striker Carlos ‘Peixet’ Ruiz, With a brand of 39 targets while he wore the Guatemala national team jersey.
The chapín spoke out through his social media and has wished that Christian manage to break his record so that the world of football can give fair value to this goal-scoring figure, as he believes his country have dismissed that mark.
” Five years retired and at the time of two of the greatest footballers (Messi and Cristiano) I am still on this list. Hopefully and break Cristiano Ronaldo, so his country and the world give him the value that this record deserves. With me it seemed easy and worthless, ” he said Ruiz on his Twitter account.
The ‘Fish’ managed to reach the 39 so many in qualifiers in his last game with Guatemala, When he scored five goals in his team’s 9-3 victory over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on September 6, 2016, a record he still holds today.
It must be remembered that Portugal will play again next Tuesday when he visits Azerbaijan to Baku. However, Ronaldo will not be able to be in this commitment since it left the concentration after accumulating cards and it will be united to the Manchester United, A club he returned to after 12 years.