DBasia.news – Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo, showed that even though he is 34 years old, his abilities have not changed at all. He was still able to break down the Luxembourg goal and make that goal as the 99th goal of the Portugal national team.
Playing in Josy Barthel, Sunday (11/17) PM, Portugal without difficulty won with a score of 2-0 through goals created by Bruno Fernandes (39 ‘) and Cristiano Ronaldo (88’). Portugal will retain the European Cup title next year.
Not only approaching his 100th goal for Portugal, Ronaldo also showed sharpness in 2019. According to ESPN records, the Juventus superstar scored 14 goals for Portugal in 2019 and this record is greater than in previous years.
The number of goals approaching 14 goals occurred in 2013 (10 goals), 2017 (11 goals) and 2016 (13 goals). While the other year, since Ronaldo played in 2003, is at an amount of under 10 goals.
However, Ronaldo did not pay attention to the record (as usual). The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star has highlighted the poor quality of the field at Josy Barthel.
“This is always important and a proud thing to defend the national team, and to score goals that help our escape,” Ronaldo said, quoted by Goal.
“We have two matches to win. I am thrilled that we won, and qualify for my fifth European Cup,” he continued.
“It’s challenging to play on this type of field, potato garden. I don’t know how can teams at this level play on a field with that quality.”
“The performance was not beautiful, but we completed our task. We fought against the pitch and we won 2-0, that is the most important thing,” he explained.
Here are some other interesting facts from the 10th match of the 2020 European Cup Qualifiers which took place Sunday (11/17) Pm and Monday (11/18) AM:
1. Didier Deschamps played 100 matches as coach of the French national team with a record: 65 wins, 18 draws and 17 losses. The only French coach to bring the country to the two major tournament finals.
2. Antoine Griezmann is among France’s all-time top scorers after scoring against Albania. Griezmann (30 goals) under Thierry Henry (51 goals), Michel Platini (41 goals), Olivier Giroud (39 goals), David Trezeguet (34 goals), and Zinedine Zidane (31 goals).
3. Marcus Rashford, scoring one goal against Kosovo, has scored seven goals in his last seven matches with the club and country.
4. Harry Kane, scoring one goal against Kosovo, has scored 12 goals in the 2020 European Cup Qualifiers, more than any other player. Always scoring a goal in every qualifying match.
5. The England national team scored 38 goals in all competitions in 2019 – only in 1908 did they score more goals in a year (39 goals).
6. Mason Mount, Chelsea’s youngest player (20 years and 311 days) who
scored for England, since Jimmy Greaves last scored in November 1960 against
Wales (20 years and 277 days).