Cristiano Ronaldo now seems to
rewrite the goalscoring history books every week, and with Saturday’s
latest strike for Real Madrid the Portugal superstar broke a La Liga
record that had stood for 79 years.
Ronaldo’s second-minute goal in Real’s 4-0
victory over Granada on Saturday took his total to 17 in the opening 10
games of the Spanish league season. That surpassed Isidro Langara’s
long-standing record of 16 goals for Real Oviedo in 1935.
Last month the 29-year-old superstar beat
Esteban Echevarria’s record from 1943 of 14 goals in seven La Liga games
after scoring a double in a 5-0 win over Levante.
What makes Ronaldo’s feat even more
impressive is that he has played in one game less than Langara, having
missed one match for Real this season. Ronaldo has also scored for 13
games in succession in all competitions.
If he keeps up his scoring average of 1.7
goals per game, Ronaldo could end up with a staggering 65 league strikes
to his name this season, should he play every one of Real’s remaining
fixtures.
That would comfortably beat Lionel Messi’s
remarkable record of 50 goals in a La Liga season, set in 2011-12. The
Barcelona striker’s goals-per-game average then was 1.4.
Ronaldo already holds the record for the
most goals in a 38-game Premier League season. He notched 31 goals in
the 2007-8 season, a feat matched by Luis Suarez for Liverpool last
term, before moving to Madrid for a then world record fee of £80million
in 2009.
Raul’s record of 323 goals for Madrid is
the big number in Ronaldo’s sights, and with 274 to his name already it
is seemingly inevitable that record will also be smashed.
In fact, should Ronaldo keep up his
current La Liga scoring ratio this term and Real progress to the later
stages of the Champions League and/or the Copa del Rey, he is guaranteed
to do it before the end of this season.
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