Ronaldo really scores a lot with dwarf teams? We checked – it’s true!

But there is an explanation.

Cristiano Ronaldo came to the national team perfectly: he scored 4 goals in two matches of Euro qualification and updated the world record – now he has 122 goals. True, the rivals were not the most serious: Liechtenstein (198th in the FIFA rankings) and Luxembourg (92nd).

In the comments below the news user Goofts asked.

We counted.

Important clarification: the rating of the team is fixed on the date of the match. Because Ronaldo scored against Belgium from the 55th line of the ranking, and Belgium, which led the ranking.

Cristiano goals distribution.

•‎ Cristiano has 59 goals out of 122 (48.4%) for top 50 teams.

•‎ There are almost no goals for teams from the 51-75 range. But 55 goals (45.1% of all) for teams from 75th place and below.

•‎ The match in which Ronaldo scored a poker team from the third hundred of the ranking – the game (October 2016) with Andorra, which fell to 203rd place. Cristiano scored twice more for Andorra, but it moved up to 144th place.

Ronaldo very often played against weak teams – there are just a lot of such teams in the UEFA zone. Right now in Europe there are 21 teams below the top 50 in the FIFA rankings (14 out of below the top hundred). But in South America there are only Venezuela (55th) and Bolivia (82nd) ​​- of course, we will show the distribution of goals for Messi.

And what is there according to the thesis “Cristiano only scores against Luxembourg”. Counted this too.

The average position is the average FIFA rating. The highest position is the highest place at the moment in the matches against Portugal.