Twitter Reacts As Cristiano Ronaldo Overtakes Pele
Juventus managed to get back on the winning track in Seria A after a commanding 4-1 victory against Udinese. Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace on the night to take his team over the finishing line and was undoubtedly the star of the show.
Ronaldo scored the 758th goal of his decorated career and moved ahead of the Brazilian icon Pele on the all-time goal scorers chart. Ronaldo is just a goal behind from equaling Jocef Bican’s goal tally and will be making that record his own in the coming weeks. The 35-year-old footballer also managed to make sure that he has now scored in 20 successive years.
Marvin Zeegelar scored a late goal for the visitors but couldn’t do much damage to the home team. Paulo Dybala also added to the scoresheet as he scored a goal in the dying moments of the game. Twitter reacts as Ronaldo creates yet another record, let’s have a look at the best tweets:
Cristiano Ronaldo with 757 official goals just broke Pele's all time goals.
Only one GOAT pic.twitter.com/FX3hIDrtFC— Zoba (@Czooba) January 3, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo's goal is his 20th goal of the season for both Juventus and Portugal, reaching at least this tally for the 15th season in a row.
— stats via @NisrinJuve. pic.twitter.com/NyXw2PLL8q— Forza Juventus (@ForzaJuveEN) January 3, 2021
Lionel Messi surpassed Pele a couple weeks ago with the most goals scored for a single club at 644 goals for Barcelona.
Cristiano Ronaldo just equaled Pele's 757 career goals to become the second-highest goalscorer ever.
Two monsters that we have continued to be blessed with.— Roberto Rojas (@RobertoRojas97) January 3, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored in 20 DIFFERENT years.
Only Giggs and Totti (23), Di Stefano, Pelè Cruijff and H.Sanchez (21), Ibrahimovic (20) have scored in 20+ years. pic.twitter.com/B72GfVA5Ru— The CR7 Timeline. (@TimelineCR7) January 3, 2021
Juventus' first goal of 2020 was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Juventus' first goal of 2021 is also scored by Cristiano. pic.twitter.com/bBjZqnsUAT— The CR7 Timeline. (@TimelineCR7) January 3, 2021
Another sick stat: Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored for 20 years straight. This guy is an actual alien.
— Xav Salazar (@XavsFutbol) January 3, 2021
2002: A boy with a dream.
2021: Cristiano Ronaldo with 758 official goals just broke Pele's all time official goals.
LEGEND pic.twitter.com/CK9D7GjgDm— The Football Arena (@thefootyarena) January 3, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player to score for Juventus in 2021 and he’s the first player to assist for them too. He has started this year very well.
— Sb Orlando (@gyaigyiimi) January 3, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo has now equalled Pelé on 757 with the most official goals ever scored. pic.twitter.com/KmRjwj64ZU
— Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) January 3, 2021