‘Czech football legend’ surpasses Vikan’s most goals… Manchester United take fourth place following defeating Tottenham 3-2
Son Heung-Min failed in goal hunting in 3 games in a row
‘Class’ was alive.
Cristiano Ronaldo (37) of Manchester United (Man United) in the English Premier League (EPL) scored a hat-trick to wash away his recent slump in front of Heung-Min Son (30, Tottenham), and was named the player with the most goals in football history.
Ronaldo defeated Tottenham 3-2 in the ‘one-man show’ scoring three goals in the EPL round 29 match of the 2021-2022 season held at Old Trafford, Manchester, England on the 13th. It was his first hat-trick since returning to Manchester United following 12 years in August last year. It has been a year since the match once morest Cagliari in Serie A in March last year when he was with Juventus in Italy, and it is his 59th professional career. Ronaldo is tied for second in the Premier League scoring table with 12 goals.
With a hat-trick on that day, Ronaldo became the most goalscorer in football history with 807 goals in the professional stage and national team A match. According to the International Sports and Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF), it is a new world record exceeding the Czech striker Josef Bichan (805 goals) of the 1930s-1950s, who died in 2001. After Ronaldo and Bichan, Romario (Brazil, 772 goals), Lionel Messi (Argentina, 759 goals) and Pele (Brazil, 757 goals) are in the rankings. Ronaldo has scored 450 goals for Real Madrid (Spain), 136 goals for United, 101 goals for Juventus and 5 goals for Sporting CP (Portugal). He scored 115 goals for Portugal. “I am very happy to be back at the Old Trafford and score his first hat-trick,” Ronaldo wrote on his social media service following the match. We have proven that any team can win. Humans have no limits,” he wrote.
Ronaldo suffered a slump, scoring only one goal in his last 10 matches, including the FA Cup, and on the 6th he was eliminated from the entry once morest Manchester City and moved to Portugal, raising rumors of discord. But Ronaldo showed off his brilliance by scoring his goals with his proprietary triple shot. In the 12th minute of the first half, he received a pass from Fred from outside the center of the penalty area in front of the opponent’s door and shook the net in the corner with a powerful right-footed medium-range cannon. The second goal, captured in the 38th minute of the first half, stood out for positioning and rushing between the opposing defenses in a flank cross situation. Ronaldo lightly touched the ground cross that Jadun Sancho received from Nemanja Matic and penetrated the space behind the left defense. In the 36th minute of the second half of the 2-2 match, he broke through the dense defense from a corner kick and rose to the goal with a header shot.
Son Heung-min, who played with the same number 7 in front of the idol Ronaldo, had several scoring opportunities while playing full-time, but failed to score goals in three consecutive games as he hesitated or slipped on the shot.
Thanks to Ronaldo’s performance, Manchester United moved up to 4th place with 14 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses (50 points), giving them a step ahead of the competition for the Champions League (UCL) next season, which is given up to the 4th place in the league. Since the start of the Premier League in 1992, Manchester United have also achieved 400 wins in their home games. Tottenham Hotspur, who failed to win three straight games, stayed in 7th place with 14 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses (45 points).
By Yoo Jae-young, staff reporter elegant@donga.com
