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The stats behind Cristiano Ronaldo's Pichichi race comeback

8 months ago  Raphael   Sport News

There is simply no stopping Cristiano Ronaldo and no end to his impressive performances. The years go by, the seasons pass and yet, the records just keep falling and being broken.

"There will never be another Cristiano, ever," he said himself on Saturday, one of those arrogant phrases of his that was justified on nights like he produced on Sunday.

That is because the Portugal international scored four against Girona, another four-goal haul for him and his seventh for Los Blancos, which puts him one behind the eight that Telmo Zarra managed, which is a LaLiga record.

Here is where another interesting set of data starts that proves just what a unique player Ronaldo truly is.

The Portuguese ace scored four goals from five shots on goal which really propels him back into the fight for the Pichichi, something which was unthinkable after the first round.

From Matchday 20 to 29, he has scored a phenomenal 18 goals to put him on 22 and has now overtaken Luis Suarez and has his sights on Leo Messi, who is three in front.

The trophy for the top scorer, one only he believed he could win when sitting on four goals after 19 games, is now a possibility again.

Pichichi Race

Messi (Barcelona) 25 goals

Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 22 goals

Luis Suárez (Barcelona) 21 goals

Griezmann (Atlético) 17 goals

Stuani (Girona) 17 goals

Aspas (Celta) 16 goals

Maxi Gómez (Celta) 14 goals

Rodrigo (Valencia) 13 goals

Willian José (Real Sociedad) 13 goals

You truly do have to have seen it to believe his tremendous comeback in the Pichichi standings.

In the last nine LaLiga games, in which he has scored 18 times, Ronaldo has needed only 34 shots on goal to achieve that stratospheric record.

In other words, more than half of his shots during that incredible purple patch have resulted in goals.

In the first round of matches, he struggled in this regard and needed 23.5 shots to do the damage, which is now 3.4 shots as he has exploded into life.

On Sunday, he also produced an exhibition in goalscoring for the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu faithful.

The first came after a good team move, the second via a header, the third showing his goalscoring instincts and the fourth after collecting a fine Too Kroos pass.

He had other chances to score too but once, for example, he opted to be unselfish and decided to set up Lucas Vazquez to score.

Of the six goals scored by Real, the forward directly participated in five of them.

So with Ronaldo on fire, the Bernabeu is rubbing its hands as the supporters think about the Champions League challenge, a competition in which Ronaldo and Real are resting all of their hopes upon.

In that tournament, he is also unstoppable with 12 goals, three of them coming against Paris Saint-Germain to make it 21 in his last 11 games.



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