Ronaldo surpasses Raúl's record, becomes Real Madrid's top scorer

Monday, October 19, 2015

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Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Raúl's goal scoring record for Spanish club Real Madrid in a La Liga match against Levante UD on Saturday. Ronaldo netted his 324^th goal in his 310^th match for Los Blancos on Saturday, breaking the previous record set by Spanish footballer Raúl of 323 goals in 741 games.

He earlier equaled Raúl's goal scoring record for Madrid in a UEFA Champions League match against Swedish football club Malmö FF when he scored a brace, crossing the landmark of 500 career goals and scored the record-breaking goal in the 30^th minute from outside the penalty area in this match.

In Saturday's match, Real Madrid had 58% ball possession against Levante. The match saw five yellow cards — four for the visitors and one for Real Madrid player Kovačić. A total of eighteen fouls were committed in the game. Ronaldo assisted Brazilian Marcelo in the 27^th minute and Marcelo netted the goal in the left corner. Minutes later, Toni Kroos assisted Ronaldo, and he scored the record-breaking goal in the bottom right corner. The first half ended 2–0.

At the beginning of the second half, Vázquez was substituted for Gareth Bale. He assisted Jesé in the 81^st minute and Jesé scored in the top corner providing a 3–0 win for Real Madrid.

Real is now top of the La Liga table.

What Ronaldo does you cannot name. It is on another historic level,[...]It is incredible what he has done in only six years, scoring an average of more than 50 goals a season, when it used to be hard for me to reach 20. I hope he keeps scoring many more goals for a long time and helps the team to win titles.
-Raúl Speaking to Marca

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October 17, 2015
	Real Madrid	3–0	Levante UD	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 74,779 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez, Spain
	Marcelo 27' Ronaldo 30' Jesé 81' Kovačić 45'		Feddal 13' Morales 38' Deyverson 48' José Mari 58'

Match stats

58%

90'

42%

Real Madrid

Levante UD

Shots
20	15

Shots on target
6	11

Tacles
19	13

Corners
4	4

Fouls
8	10

Bookings
1	4
0	0

Sources

Reuters. "Cristiano Ronaldo overtakes Raul as Real Madrid's record goalscorer -- his career so far" — Daily News and Analysis, October 17, 2015
"Cristiano Ronaldo breaks Raul's Real Madrid scoring record" — ESPN, October 17, 2015
"Cristiano Ronaldo officially became Real Madrid's all-time top scorer with a goal as they beat Levante in La Liga." — BBC Sport, October 17, 2015
"Real Madrid vs Levante UD live football scores" — ESPN FC, October 17, 2015

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