Cristiano Ronaldo never ceases to amaze and aims to break other records at Euro 2024. The Portuguese champion has become the player who has participated in the most continental competitions for national teams (6) and the best assist man (7) in the history of the tournament, definitively surpassing Karel Poborsky ..
The Euro 2020 Golden Boot already holds the record for the highest number of matches (28) and the highest number of victories (14) in the history of the European championships and yesterday reached 50 matches between the European Championships and the World Cup. However, the match against Georgia left a negative record for posterity: for the first time, in fact, Ronaldo was left without a goal in the group stage of a major national team tournament. He had played 10 so far, five European Championships (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) and five World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022).
These are Cristiano’s numbers in the group stage
Euro 2004 – 1 goal
World Cup 2006 – 1 goal
Euro 2008 – 1 goal
World Cup 2010 – 1 goal
Euro 2012 – 2 goals
World Cup 2014 – 1 goal
Euro 2016 – 2 goals
World Cup 2018 – 4 goals
Euro 2020 – 5 goals
World Cup 2022 – 1 goal
Euro 2024 – 0 goals
However, it cannot be said that he didn’t try. The Al Nassr striker shot 12 times, including 5 on target, always without luck. Against Georgia he asked for a penalty (receiving a yellow for protests): by converting it, he would have dethroned Luka Modric as the “oldest” scorer of the European Championships. The Croatian scored against Italy at 38 years and 289 days, while Ronaldo would have achieved it at 39 years and 132 days.