Cristiano Ronaldo will become tonight Old trafford in the player with the most Champions League matches, with 178. At 36 years old, the Portuguese international will achieve – if nothing strange happens and play – a historical figure and leaves behind Iker Casillas (177), Xavi Hernández (157), Messi (149) and Raúl (142).
Since his return to United, he has scored three goals in the Premier League and scored again in the Champions League on the first match, against Young Boys, a goal that did not prevent the defeat of his team. Cristiano is also the top scorer in the competition 135 goals And, although he never scored against Villarreal when he faced as a Red Devil, he was a pest control during his time at Real Madrid.
The contrast is evident between his four Champions League games against Villarreal (in the group stages of the 05-06 and 08-09 seasons) in which he was unprecedented, and whats 13 goals he scored against the submarine in the nine seasons that he wore the Real Madrid shirt. The yellow team will try to extend the Portuguese forward’s streak in their Champions League clashes with United. For Rulli it is also a challenge, since he received 6 goals from Cristiano in three games against Real Madrid when he was at Real Sociedad.
