Rekor Gol Raul Dilampaui Ronaldo saat Hadapi Levante, 3-0
Ronaldo Breaks Raul`s All-time Goalscoring Record
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
CRISTIANO Ronaldo tidak suka menjadi orang kedua. Nama besar Raul masih membayanginya ketika berada di Santiago Bernabeu meski sang striker legendaris mengungkapkan keinginannya untuk pensiun dari sepakbola pada akhir musim, tentunya Ronaldo memilih momen ini untuk memecahkan rekor gol terbanyak sepanjang masa.
Meskipun Real Madrid dan Ronaldo sendiri mengaku berhasil mencatat rekor dua pekan lalu di Liga Champions saat melawan Malmo, catatan rekor menunjukkan bahwa dia mencetak gol ke 324 bagi klubnya, dari 310 laga.
Sementara Raul harus menjalani 741 pertandingan untuk mencetak 323 gol, yang menunjukkan kualitas naluri Ronaldo mencetak gol. Sebaliknya, ini bukan hari yang baik bagi Gareth Bale, yang tampil di babak pertama, mungkin harus beristirahat di bangku cadangan menjelang laga pertengahan pekan depan menghadapi Paris Saint-Germain, setelah tampil dua kali mendukung tim nasional Wales.
Bek kiri Real Madrid, Marcelo memberi keunggulan bagi klubnya pada menit 27 melalui tendangan pelan dengan kaki kiri saat melawan Levante.
Ronaldo menggandakan keunggulan bagi raksasa Spanyol hanya tiga menit kemudian.
Gol tersebut menjadi penting bagi Ronaldo karena dia berhasil melampaui rekor 323 gol Raul untuk klub Spanyol yang meraih 10 kali juara Liga Champions, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
CRISTIANO Ronaldo doesn't like to be upstaged. Raul's name was ringing around the Santiago Bernabeu after the legendary forward revealed he would be retiring from football at the end of the season, so of course Ronaldo picked this moment to finally break his all-time goals record.
Although Madrid and Ronaldo himself claim he managed it a fortnight ago, in the Champions League against Malmo, the record books will show it was here that he struck his 324th goal for the club, in his 310th game.
It took Raul 741 games to hit 323, emphasising what an incredible feat Ronaldo has accomplished. By contrast, this was not a good day for Gareth Bale, who was taken off at half-time, presumably to rest him ahead of the midweek clash with Paris Saint-Germain, after he played in both of Wales' international games.
Real Madrid left back Marcelo gave them the lead on 27 minutes with a low left-footed shot against Levante.
Cristiano Ronaldo doubled the Spanish giants' advantage just three minutes later.
The goal meant Ronaldo surpassed Raul's record of 323 career goals for the 10-time European Cup winners.
