Ronaldo Falls Behind Messi In World-Record Chase
14 March, 2020
Cristiano Ronaldo had a outstanding commence to 2020, and was actually scoring at an improved rate than Lionel Messi did through the Argentine's famous world-record year, but he has since fallen behind in the chase to break his rival's incredible return.
By the finish of January, the Juventus superstar had scored eight goals in every competitions for the Serie A giants and his fine form saw him move ahead of Messi at the same stage during his famous record year.
Back 2012, when the Argentine finished the twelve months with an unprecedented 91 goals, he ended January with seven strikes.
However, the Blaugrana forward then exploded in February, when he struck 10 goals, seven of them coming for FC Barcelona and three for Argentina.
By the finish of February 2012, Messi had found the back of the web 17 times for club and country, while Ronaldo only were able to score five goals in February 2020.
As a result, his total because of this twelve months currently sits at 13 strikes - a lot more than any other player in Europe's top leagues so far.
Messi bettered his February return of 10 goals in March 2012, when he netted an incredible 13 times, rendering it his best month during his world-record year.
Ronaldo, though, has fallen further behind his rival as he was struggling to add any more goals to his 2020 tally since the beginning of March, and his world-record chase will now be halted by the suspension of Serie A and European football within the next two weeks.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za