The Journey of 900 mark, hit during Portugal’s 2-1 win against Croatia in the UEFA Nations League, has been as impressive as the landmark itself.
Compressed in 900 goals during 21 years, 1236 games and achievement of Cristiano Ronaldo is a captivating tale of sustained evolution,determined to his craft, a constant quest for perfection,an unbeatable pursuit of greatness and astonishing continuity at the highest level.
The journey to the 900 has been as awesome as the milestone itself-its autopsy and details further capture the perfect and unrepeatable goal-scoring greatness of Cristiano Ronaldo.The only more jaw-quaking aspect of Ronaldo is that he has not yet finished, his hunger for goals and glory still burning shining.
173 with left-foot, 151 headers
Cristiano Ronaldo’s right foot is a tree trunk in flesh and bones. of course, the favoured foot has create the most damage. as many as 574- the from the first goal against Moreirense to the 900th against Croatia- were executed with the right-foot.
63 free kicks, 131 from outside the box
He has scored goals of all types. From volleys and back-heels to tap-ins and slide-on, daisy-cutters to pile-drivers, of furious power and dexterous finesse, from under the nose of the goalkeeper to 42 yards. 605 of his goals were exert oneself from inside the box. But when the opportunity beckoned he whiplash injury from a distance. As many as 131 strike-of which 63 were free-kicks-came from outside the box. Messi takes a yard over him(152 goals from outside the box), but still that’s an astounding number.
He possessed a different type of dead-ball drills- the knuckleball, outside of the foot, from the instep-all delivered from the inevitable Ronaldo pose, arms to the hips, legs apart, the sleeves of the shorts pulled upwards, the brain detecting the path the ball would take, the eyes scanning the goal-wards barriers. He hit the ball on a certain spot dips and change directions and is almost impossible for a goalkeeper to decide.Ronaldo free-kick is one of football’s original eyewear. an incident in itself.
164 Penalties
The main mind-twisting reality is not that he scored 164 goals ( which is 18 percent of his goals) from the spot, but he has missed only 30, converting 84.5 percent.
Lionel Messi’s be in tune with number is 77 percent (!09 off 139). It’s frequently held against him that he is gluttonous about taking penalties and reluctant to break among his teammates. But given his clinicalness with penalties, he perhaps has every cause to feel that he has earned his right to take them.
Mission 1000
Ronaldo avers that the landmark 1000th goal is within his grip.There is no reducing reason that he couldn’t. His fitness could shame younger squint, he rarely picks injuries(missed in his whole career only 82 games) and is rarely short of motivation.