The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo facing his sixth European Cup consecutively, from its premiere in 2004 in its country to its final episode in Germany 2024, in a record-breaking journey that will expand starting this Tuesday, when he begins a new continental adventure with the same ambition as before, as an undoubted opponent for all.
– He played 2,033 minutes in his five Euro Cups until now, since the debut in the tournament on June 12, 2004, 20 years ago, with a loss against Greece (1-2), when he entered the field for the second half. Pepe, his teammate, followed him by 1,710 minutes. Gianluigi Buffon, the amazing Italian goalkeeper, is third, with 1,530 minutes.
– Cristiano Ronaldo played 25 games, at 39 years old, in the final stages of the Euro Cup; more than anyone else in history, followed by two of his compatriots: Pepe, who will also be present at Germany 2024, and Joao Moutinho, with 19 duels each. The fourth is the German Bastian Schweinsteiger, with 18, the same as the Italian Leonardo Bonucci.
– The Portuguese attacker has registered 23 starts in the Euro Cup, although his first match, at the age of 19, was as a substitute in the team led by Luiz Felipe Scolari, who came on him to overcome a 0-1 deficit against Greece. His presence was not enough, although he scored the only Portuguese goal, from a pass from Luis Figo. There is a 13 year difference between the two. His compatriot Pepe is also second with the most starts (19). The podium was completed by three Italians: Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Bonucci, with 17 each.
– Cristiano Ronaldo scored 14 goals in his Euro Cup matches, from the first against Greece, on the aforementioned day of his debut, to the last two against France in the group stage of the last edition, in 2021. He did not concede the opponent’s goal in the last duel Until now in Portugal: the elimination in the round of 16 against Belgium (1-0), on June 27, 2021. Previously, Cristiano scored five goals in three games.
– 10 different games assisted his 14 goals in the continental tournament, divided into five editions: two goals in 2004 (in Greece and the Netherlands); one in 2008 (in the Czech Republic); three in 2012 (two in the Netherlands and one in the Czech Republic); three in 2016, when they became champions (two in Hungary and one in Wales); and five in 2021, with two more in Hungary, one in Germany and two in France. The closest to the number of games in which he has scored in this competition is Englishman Alan Shearer, who has six. Four are missing.
– Cristiano Ronaldo achieved 4 doubles in the Euro Cup, above two of the Germans Gerd Müller and Rudi Völler, the Belgian Romelu Lukaku and the French Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann. The Portuguese star scored them in the 2-2 with France on June 23, 2021, in the 0-3 against Hungary on June 15, 2021, in the 3-3 with Hungary on June 22, 2016 and in the 2-1 to Netherlands from June 17, 2012.
– 5 goals from Cristiano opened the team’s scoring Portuguese in this tournament: in the 2-2 with France and in the 2-4 loss to Germany in the 2020 edition, moved to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic; in the 2-0 win over Wales in 2016; in the 0-1 defeat by the Czech Republic in 2012 and in the 2-1 defeat by the Netherlands in the semifinals of Euro 2004.
– Cristiano Ronaldo has 12 wins in his 25 games in the Eurocup. No one has more wins in the sixteen previous editions of the competition, although they have not won any of the last three (two losses and one draw) and have won just four of the last twelve, with six draws and two game is lost. . The next most winners are Spanish Cesc Fábregas and Andrés Iniesta, with 11.
– 20 goals had him as an important element, the 14 he scored, but also the six in which he served as a decisive passer, in 25 games. The legendary Michel Platini contributed ten for the French team in just five games. Third place is shared by Antoine Griezmann and German Jurgen Klinsmann, with nine goals in eleven and thirteen matches, respectively.
– Cristiano Ronaldo suggested 60 shots with their offensive displays in the Euro Cup. More than anyone else. 19 of them have reached the goal, like the Welshman Gareth Bale in which he leads that record, followed by Antoine Griezmann, his competitor in this edition, with 17, and by Álvaro Morata, with 15, because advanced statistics exist. .
Source: La Verdad
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