"M".. what does Ronaldo's celebration have to do with the achievement of Goal 1000?
The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the first team of football at the Saudi Al-Nasr Club, has sparked a state of controversy among the football fans, due to his new celebration, which he used to appear after scoring goals by forming the letter M with his fingers without yet revealing the significance of this signal.
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The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Saudi Al-Nasr football club's first team, has sparked controversy among football fans. Because of his new celebration that he used to appear after scoring goals by forming the letter M with his fingers without yet revealing the significance of this signal.
The Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Saudi Al-Nasr football club's first team, has sparked controversy among football fans. Because of his new celebration that he used to appear after scoring goals by forming the letter M with his fingers without yet revealing the significance of this signal.
This movement was repeated on more than one occasion during the celebrations of the players of Al-Nasr and the middle of mass speculation that the letter M bears a reference to the number 1000 in Roman numerals, which is the historic achievement that Ronaldo is close to achieving. Only 15 goals separate him from reaching that number.
The captain of the Portugal national team has 985 goals during his football career at the age of 41, after scoring three goals "Hattrick" in the victory over immortality 5-3 on October 29 last during the period from the 66th to the 81st minute. He reached the 67th trilogy in his professional career.
Although Ronaldo repeated the same celebration, he did not provide any official explanation about its meaning, as shown by Jose Semedo, CEO of Al-Nasr Club, imitating the same reference to the player's neighborhood, which increased speculation about its association with goal No. 1000. Neither has publicly confirmed this hypothesis.
The number 1000 is controversialReaching 1,000 goals during the football career is an exceptional achievement. Only a very limited number of players are associated with it throughout the history of football, but the numbers recorded on this achievement are not without controversy due to the different criteria for calculating official and friendly goals.
Brazilian legend Pelé is credited with scoring 1,279 goals during his football career between 1956 and 1977. However, this figure includes goals in friendly matches for clubs as well as goals scored in official encounters.
The Brazilian star Romario has previously claimed to have surpassed the 1,000 goal mark, while figures exceeding this mark are attributed to historical goalscorers including Austrian Joseph Pecan when counting unofficial matches.
On the other hand, No player is sure to reach 1000 goals when limited to official matches only.
Ronaldo comments on approaching 1000th goalRonaldo had talked about approaching 1000 goals after the victory over Diriyah on October 9, which raised his balance at the time to 980 goals during his career. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the constant focus on this number.
“I'm not going to sit here and say I have to reach 1,000 goals, if I reach that number, it's going to be great,” the Portuguese star said in remarks quoted by Yahoo Sports.
“Things have to happen naturally,” he continued.
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