Chisinau: the super star Cristiano Ronaldo towards 700 career goals. The player reached 699 when he scored in the Europa League match against Sherif Tiraspol Club of Moldova.
This is also Cristiano’s first goal in the Europa League. There is also a feature that the superstar scores after eight games. The last goal was scored against Brent Ford in May. It was the first time since 2006 that Cristiano had faced such a drought. Cristiano hasn’t scored in ten games from March to May.
Sheriff is the 124th team where the player has scored a goal. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 815 career goals since 2001. He plays for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus clubs and in international football for Portugal. Cristiano plays in the Europa League for the first time since 2002. He played in Europe while playing for Sporting Lisbon. The fact that Manchester United could not qualify for the Champions League disappointed the superstar. Cristiano is the top scorer of the Champions League. The total result is 141 goals in 187 games. He also scored 12 hat-tricks. The star has eight free-kick goals and 41 assists. He considered leaving the club to avoid playing in Europe.
Cristiano failed to secure a spot in the starting eleven after Erik ten Haag took over as manager. Ten Haag was included in the starting eleven against Sheriff Tiraspol. United won the Group E match 2-0 at Sheriff’s home stadium Simbru Stadium. It was their first Europa League win. Tenhag fielded all the major players. United took the lead with Alexis Sancho in the 17th minute of the match. Sancho’s goal was met with a pass from Eriksson. It was the star’s third goal of the season. United’s second goal came from a penalty in the 39th minute. Dalot won the penalty and Cristiano took aim. It was the star’s first goal of the season. With the win, United have taken three points in two group games. Strong Lazio suffered a huge defeat in the Group F match. Midgeland beat Lazio 5-1. Paulinho, Caba, Evander, Isaksan and Zvivashenko scored. Milikovic Savic scored a goal for Lazio. Feyenoord beat Stumpgraz 6-0 and Freiburg beat Olympiakos Pirakas 3-0. Real Sociedad also beat Oman Nicosia 2-1.
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