WHAT RONALDO MUST DO TO EQUAL MESSI’S RECORD IN 2018

On Saturday against Sampdoria, Cristiano Ronaldo will play his last game of 2018 with a triple challenge in mind.

The first, is to contribute to another victory for his team, the second is to reach the figure of 50 goals in the calendar year for the eighth time in his career, and the third is the most difficult; match the 51 that Leo Messi has already achieved this year, for which he would need to score a poker.

It’s a huge challenge, considering that in Italy the most he has achieved in the same match has been a brace.

The Argentine has surpassed the figure of 50 goals on eight occasions between the years 2010 and 2018.

He was marginally out in 2013 when he ‘only’ scored 45 goals in 47 games.

Since 2011, Ronaldo has always scored more than 50 goals in a calendar year, and his best stats came in 2013 when he managed an astonishing 69.