{"id":45570,"date":"2021-06-24T16:57:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/euro-2020-pele-reacts-as-ronaldo-equals-ali-daels-goal-record"},"modified":"2021-06-24T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T16:05:09","slug":"euro-2020-pele-reacts-as-ronaldo-equals-ali-daels-goal-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/euro-2020-pele-reacts-as-ronaldo-equals-ali-daels-goal-record","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2020: Pele reacts as Ronaldo equals Ali Dael\u2019s goal record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Brazil football legend, Pele, has sent a message to Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, after the Juventus superstar equalled Iran\u2019s legendary striker, Ali Daei\u2019s record for most international goals in men\u2019s football.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo equalled Daei\u2019s goal record after scoring a brace in Portugal\u2019s Euro 2020 draw against France on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is now the joint highest men\u2019s international scorer with 109 goals and has received a message of congratulations from Daei, whose record he equalled.<\/p>\n<p>The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star now has the chance to break that record in Portugal\u2019s last-16 clash against Belgium on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Pele, in a post via his Instagram account, congratulated Ronaldo and backed the forward to surpass Daei\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>Pele said, \u201cLove it! Congratulations on setting another record today. I\u2019m rooting for you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ronaldo is currently leading the goalscorers\u2019 chart for the championship on five goals in three matches.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Ronaldo broke Pele\u2019s record for the total number of goals in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald has now scored 783 goals for club and country so far.<\/p>\n<p>Euro 2020: Iran\u2019s legend, Ali Dael reacts as Cristiano Ronaldo equals his goal record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Brazil football legend, Pele, has sent a message to Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, after the Juventus superstar equalled Iran\u2019s legendary striker, Ali Daei\u2019s record for most international goals in men\u2019s football. Ronaldo equalled Daei\u2019s goal record after scoring a brace in Portugal\u2019s Euro 2020 draw against France on Wednesday. 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