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Topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Football, Portugal
Ben McCrum
Cristiano Ronaldo was visibly emotional as he dropped a cold reaction to scoring his 900th career goal.
Wherever he goes, records seem to follow Ronaldo, who many still regard as the greatest footballer of all time.
While representing Portugal during the 2024/25 Nations League, he smashed another one, scoring the 900th goal of his career and extending his lead as the top goalscorer of all time.
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And his reaction to scoring the goal was one of the coldest moments of his storied career.
Ronaldo's historic goal came in the 34th minute of Portugal's 2-0 victory over Croatia in Group A of this season's Nations League.
Speaking after the match about the achievement, the 39-year-old said: " It was an exciting goal for me, it's a round number. Only I know how hard it is to work every day to score your 900th goal. It's a unique milestone in my career.
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"I don’t break records they haunt me!"
As well as leading the record for the most goals scored by any individual player, the Portuguese striker also has the most international caps ever after representing his country 213 times and has scored the most goals in Champions League history with 140.
"As you know, I'm already 39 and a half years old and so you have to be very focused for things to go well. To be at this level requires a lot of dedication,” Ronaldo continued.
"So, when these little records happen, small, big, I get emotional because I know and value what I do, and my team-mates, because obviously without my team-mates this would be unthinkable."
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The national captain also confessed that the goal, and the performance from his teammates, was particularly special to him after Portugal were knocked out of Euro 2024 in a penalty shootout against France.
"After what happened in the European Championship, we had to give a good response and that's what happened.
"I felt freer than usual in this game. The coach also gave me that opportunity and we also played, in my opinion, a little differently to how we played in the European Championship.
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"I feel better, I feel more involved in the game and I can enjoy football more. It's not that I didn't enjoy it at the Euros, but I like being a free player."