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After He Scored The 770th Goal Of His Career, Ronaldo Pays Heartwarming Tribute To Pele

Cristiano Ronaldo bounced back to reckoning after a torrid week of ups and downs to once again record another milestone
By breaking the all-time goals record of the legendary Pele — Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
Ronaldo didn’t fail to acknowledge the role Pele has played in making football the beautiful game it is today

Cristiano Ronaldo, as usual pulled out a spectacular performance on Sunday, during Juventus match against Cagliari.

The Portuguese striker, who is recovering from the shocking elimination from champions league football proved his worth with his individual brilliance against Cagliari today.

The five time Balon d’or winner scored three times before 35th minute with his head, left foot and right foot. The perfect hat trick was enough to make it 57 career hat tricks for the Juventus star.

Ronaldo didn’t just break his own record with the perfect hat trick but he also set a different world record.

With his hat trick, he made it 770 professional goals since he started his professional career, surpassing Pele, who formerly held the record with a total of 767 goals. Pele was a great footballer, who won three world cups with the Brazilian national team.

In recognition of Pele’s heroics and enviable history, Christiano Ronaldo took to his Facebook page to pour encomiums on the legendary footballer, EMO HOT BLOG gathered.

He maintained that, like every other football lover, he grew up watching videos of Pele and doubted if he could ever reach such level. But here he is today, breaking his records.

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screenshots of what he posted about Pele:

The message was a touching one for Football fans and they have reacted to it with lots of passion.