One of the protagonists of this season's Champions League will be Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese will surpass the record of historical matches of Iker Casillas if he plays just one more. In full turmoil about his future and Without knowing exactly if he will play for Juve or City, what does seem clear is that he will continue to increase his numbers in the top continental competition wherever this course ends. For now, yesa 176 games in the Champions League throughout his career, one less than those reached by Casillas (177) throughout his career as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid and Porto.
Cristiano could match him in the first game of the group stage of the current edition and surpass him in the second, something that seems relatively simple I played in the club I play. Portuguese He is the only player who has played 50 or more games for two different clubs: Manchester United (52) and Real Madrid (101). To these must be added one disputed with Sporting de Portugal in its beginnings and the rest of recent years with Juventus. Christian He is also only two games away from being the footballer with the most group stage matches played (he has 93, for Casillas's 95).
Other records of Madeira's in the Champions League place him as the unrivaled king of competition. He is the player who has played the most matches of the round of 16 (34), the semi-finals (21) and the finals (6). He is also the tournament's all-time top scorer with 134 goals, 14 more than Messi. Since 2003, his ratio of goals per game is 0.76 to the 0.81 achieved by the Argentine.
Although he has not won the tournament since leaving Madrid, Cristiano continues to have the Champions League as his great fetish tournament. This course will break records again.