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– Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player to hit the 450-goal mark in terms of goals
– The 35-year-old scored a brace and his third of the season in the 2-2 draw with Roma
– Lionel Messi has scored 445 and needs just five goals to equal Ronaldo’s achievement
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Cristiano Ronaldo has continued to add more goalscoring records to his name after helping Juventus earn a draw a 2-2 draw against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
The Portuguese superstar scored in each half of the game and helped Juventus to come back twice to earn a draw with ten men.
The 35-year-old has is now the first person to score 450 league goals across the top five leagues in Europe.
It was his third of the season but he achieved the milestone while playing in the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, and the Italian Serie A.
CR7 scored 84 league goals with Man United, 311 times for Real Madrid and 55 with the Bianconeri.
Ronaldo’s fiercest rival Lionel Messi is just five goals away from equalling the record with 445, including his penalty for Barcelona in their 4-0 thrashing of Villarreal at the Camp Nou.
Ronaldo set another landmark achievement ahead of Messi, Lewandowski.
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Ronaldo recently reached 101 goals for Portugal after scoring a brace in their Nation League fixture against Sweden.
He was also on target in Andrea Pirlo’s first game as Juventus manager in the 3-0 win over Sampdoria at the Allianz Stadium.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Roma vs Juventus ended in a 2-2 draw at the Stadio Olympico in Roma as the defending champions dropped their first points of the season.
Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed both the equalizers for Juve, one from a spot-kick while the other from a trademark header to cancel out Jordan Veretout’s first-half brace.
Andrien Rabiot handed the ball inside the 18-yard area as Roma were awarded a penalty on the half hour mark.
Legit.ng also reported that Miralem Pjanic has admitted that though Cristiano Ronaldo was disappointed with his departure at Juventus, but endorsed his move to Barcelona.
The pair had successful spells with the Bianconeri, winning two Serie A titles following the arrival of the Portuguese superstar from Real Madrid in 2018.
Ronaldo spent nine seasons at the Spanish capital but his bitter rivalry with Lionel Messi and Barcelona would have made the 35-year-old make a negative comment about the club.
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