Scoring 4 Goals, Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes More Than Lionel Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo has once again attracted the attention of world soccer audiences. When Portugal won Wednesday morning (11/09/2019) a 5-1 win over Lithuania in qualifying for the 2020 European Cup, he had bought four goals from his team. It became a separate disk and made it superior to Lionel Messi.

A score of four goals against Lithuania makes Cristiano Ronaldo the first player to score two quattrics for the Portugal national team. Previously, he did so when Seleccao das Quinas won 6-0 against Andorra on 7 October 2016.

Apart from the superstar who are now defending Juventus, there are only two other players who score a quattrick for the Portugal national team. They are Eusebio Ferreira and Nuno Gomes. Eusebio at the 1966 World Cup against North Korea, while Nuno Gomes in 2001 against Andorra.

The success of Cristiano Ronaldo is a slap for Lionel Messi. Together with the Argentine national team, he has never scored four goals in one match. He can only score a hat trick five times. This number is still lower than CR7, which has made it eight times for the Portuguese national team.

In addition, with four more goals against Lithuania, Cristiano Ronaldo is ahead of Lionel Messi in the number of goals scored with the national team. CR7 now has 93 goals while La Pulga only scored 68 goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo is now closer to recording the most goals on the international stage owned by Ali Daei. Throughout his work on the Iranian national team, Daei scored 109 goals. That is, CR7 only needs 16 goals to equal that record.

Four goals against Lithuania also made Cristiano Ronaldo a record. He is now a player buried in European Cup qualifiers with 24 goals. The former Real Madrid player has a goal in front of Robbie Keane who has scored 23 goals in this event with the Irish national team.

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