CRISTIANO RONALDO WITH PLACE IN THE GUINNESS OF 2018
Guinness Book of Records included in its 2018 edition the record of Cristiano Ronaldo as the only player to have scored in four European football
The Guinness Book of Records included in its 2018 edition the record of Cristiano Ronaldo as the only player to have scored in four European football, the publication said. The captain of the Portuguese team established that mark in the last European, played in France and that Portugal won, having scored in the four championships he played.
The feat of Madeiran began in 2004, during the European organized by Portugal, in which he scored two goals. The first in their opening game against Greece, a 2-1 defeat, and the first in a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands, gave Portugal the 'passport' for the final, which they lost to Greece ( 1-0).
It was followed in 2008 by Austria and Switzerland, in which Ronaldo only scored one goal, the second in a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the group stage. Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals, losing 3-2 with Germany.
At the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine, he scored three goals. After being blank in the first two games, Ronaldo scored both goals in the victory (2-1) over the Netherlands, and, in the quarterfinal, noted the goal that dictated the victory (1-0) over the Czech Republic . In the semi-finals, Portugal were eliminated in the penalties by Spain, after 0-0 in the regulation time and prolongation.
In 2016, the European France, which Portugal would win, Ronaldo returned to score three goals, despite being blank in the final against the hosts, in which was injured in the first half (25 minutes).
With three goals - two draws in a 3-3 draw against Hungary, who secured a place in the quarterfinals and the first in a 2-0 win over Wales in the semi-finals - Ronaldo making himself the first player to score in four Europeans, having even equaled Michel Platini as the best ever European finalists (nine goals).
In the released statement, the Guinness also points out that the 2018 edition will contain a record of the advanced English Peter Crouch, who, in 2015, broke the record of Alan Shearer as the top scorer of headed goals in the Premier League.
In May 2015, the former Liverpool player went on to lead 47 goals, beating Shearer's 46th goalkeeper for Newcastle, with Crouch having added four more goals since then.
The feat of Madeiran began in 2004, during the European organized by Portugal, in which he scored two goals. The first in their opening game against Greece, a 2-1 defeat, and the first in a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands, gave Portugal the 'passport' for the final, which they lost to Greece ( 1-0).
It was followed in 2008 by Austria and Switzerland, in which Ronaldo only scored one goal, the second in a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the group stage. Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals, losing 3-2 with Germany.
At the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine, he scored three goals. After being blank in the first two games, Ronaldo scored both goals in the victory (2-1) over the Netherlands, and, in the quarterfinal, noted the goal that dictated the victory (1-0) over the Czech Republic . In the semi-finals, Portugal were eliminated in the penalties by Spain, after 0-0 in the regulation time and prolongation.
In 2016, the European France, which Portugal would win, Ronaldo returned to score three goals, despite being blank in the final against the hosts, in which was injured in the first half (25 minutes).
With three goals - two draws in a 3-3 draw against Hungary, who secured a place in the quarterfinals and the first in a 2-0 win over Wales in the semi-finals - Ronaldo making himself the first player to score in four Europeans, having even equaled Michel Platini as the best ever European finalists (nine goals).
In the released statement, the Guinness also points out that the 2018 edition will contain a record of the advanced English Peter Crouch, who, in 2015, broke the record of Alan Shearer as the top scorer of headed goals in the Premier League.
In May 2015, the former Liverpool player went on to lead 47 goals, beating Shearer's 46th goalkeeper for Newcastle, with Crouch having added four more goals since then.
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