Cristiano is already the history of the Champions League: he surpasses Casillas as the player with the most matches

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to make history in the Champions League. The Portuguese star beat Villarreal against Villarreal in the match at Old Trafford Iker Casillas and he is already the footballer who has played the most games in the European competition. With 178 duels, he surpasses the 177 of the legend of the Real Madrid and the Spanish team. In addition, he celebrated with the winning goal in the discount against the yellow submarine.

Cristiano Ronaldo had an appointment with history in the duel of the second day of the Champions that disputed the Manchester United against Villarreal. For this achievement he will not lift any trophies but he places the Portuguese legend as the footballer who has played the most games throughout his career, with a total of 178. Behind he leaves the 177 duels played by Iker Casillas and the 151 of Xavi Hernandez, which ranks third on the podium. With 149 is Leo messi. Some data that summarizes the regularity of Cristiano Ronaldo is that the Portuguese has only missed four games in the top European competition since the quarterfinals played in the 2013-2014 season.

In the 178 games he has played to date, Cristiano Ronaldo he has scored 136 goals and won 5 titles in 19 seasons. In total: has 112 victories, 35 draws, 31 defeats with nothing more and nothing less than 8 hat-tricks, 19 yellow cards and one red.

Top scorer of the competition

In the 178 games played to date Cristiano Ronaldo He has also become the top scorer in the competition with a total of 136 goals, including this Wednesday against Villarreal. Far ahead of the 120 that Leo Messi accumulates or Robert’s 73 Lewandowski. With 71 there is a Benzema who equaled Raúl González in fourth position before the Sheriff. Fifth is Van Nistelrooy with 56 points.