Chisinau: Super star Cristiano Ronaldo towards 700 career club goals. The player reached 699 when he scored in the Europa League match once morest Sherif Tiraspol Club of Moldova.
This is also Cristiano’s first goal in the Europa League. There is also a feature that the superstar scores following eight matches. The last goal was scored once morest Brent Ford in May. It was the first time since 2006 that Cristiano faced a similar goal drought. Cristiano did not score in ten matches from March to May.
Sheriff is the 124th club where the player has scored a goal. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 815 career goals since 2001. He plays for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus clubs and in international football for Portugal. Cristiano is playing in the Europa League for the first time since 2002. He played in Europe while playing for Sporting Lisbon. The fact that Manchester United might not qualify for the Champions League disappointed the superstar. Cristiano is the top scorer in the Champions League. The total achievement is 141 goals from 187 games. He also scored 12 hat-tricks. The star has eight free kick goals and 41 assists. He considered leaving the club to avoid playing in Europe.
Cristiano mightn’t get a place in the starting eleven following Erik ten Haag became the coach. Ten Haag was included in the starting eleven once morest Sheriff Tiraspol. United won the Group E match 2-0 at Sheriff’s home ground Simbru Stadium. It was their first win in the Europa League. Tenhag fielded all the major players. United took the lead through Alexis Sancho in the 17th minute of the match. Sancho’s goal was received by Eriksson’s pass. It was the star’s third goal of the season. United’s second goal came from a penalty in the 39th minute. Dalot won the penalty and Cristiano took aim. It was the star’s first goal of the season. With the win, United took three points from two matches in the group. Strong Lazio suffered a huge defeat in Group F match. Midgeland beat Lazio 5-1. Paulinho, Caba, Evander, Isaksan and Zvivashenko scored. Milikovic Savic scored a goal for Lazio. Feyenoord beat Stumpgraz 6-0 and Freiburg beat Olympiakos Pirakas 3-0. Real Sociedad also beat Oman Nicosia 2-1.
