Pelé surrenders to Cristiano

Than Christian years ago he entered the Olympus of football is nothing new. The Portuguese has been overcoming all kinds of challenges for more than 15 years, even those that seemed impossible, and, even so, he always manages to leave his fans (and his detractors) with a new ace up his sleeve, in his case, almost always a record.

It seemed impossible to tie Messi in Balls of Gold (He succeeded, although the Argentine later won one more), raise the Eurocup with Portugal and get three Champions consecutive (plus a fourth previous) with Madrid being the top scorer in the competition each year. Far from being satisfied, he went to Italy to be the fastest to reach 50 goals in the Serie TO and beat the record for consecutive games by scoring …

And while all this was happening, Cristiano was gradually climbing the Everest of goals with his team: on Tuesday, before Sweden, nailed the flag at the top of the 100 international goals (he doubled and reached 101), a peak that in the entire history of football had only been crowned by the Iranian Ali Daei, which between 1993 and 2007 ended up raising his figure to 109 points. Along the way, Cristiano had left behind the staggering but deadly numbers of legends like Puskas (84 goals) and Pele (77). His great football rival, Messi, sees Cristiano from afar with 70 targets. Now, eight goals separate the Portuguese from being the top scorer of the national teams. Doubting that he succeeded is rude.

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How could it be otherwise, Cristiano's latest feat has not left anyone indifferent. Pelé was one of the first to congratulate him on his networks. “Congratulations! I was sure to celebrate the 100 … and it was 101! ”, Assured O'Rei, who has defended several times in the last few times that, for him, the Portuguese is a step above Messi. He also agreed to congratulate the president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantino, which also did so through an official statement: “A fantastic record that is only available to a living football legend like you.” And those that remain …