Champions League 2019-20: Ronaldo sets new goal-scoring record against German clubs as Juventus down Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 2
Going into matchday-2 of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, the all-time top-scorer with 126 goals in the league, was one of only two players in the history of the competition (the other being Lionel Messi) to have scored against 32 different clubs.
The Portugal captain had scored 26 goals in the Champions League against clubs from Germany. Along with Messi, who has done so against English clubs, it was a record in the competition for most goals scored against clubs from any country.
Following Juventus' 3-0 home win over Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 2, Ronaldo improved on all three counts and added a few more.
With his record-extending 127th goal in the Champions League, Ronaldo emulated two other players, Raúl Gonzalez and Lionel Messi, in scoring in 14 consecutive seasons in the competition (2006-07 to 2008-09 for Manchester United, 2009-10 to 2017-18 for Real Madrid, and 2018-19 to 2019-20 for Juventus).
By scoring Juventus' third goal in the Bianconeri's 3-0 win over Leverkusen in Turin, Ronaldo scored his 27th goal in the competition against German clubs. In the process, the Portuguese marksman became the player with the most goals in the Champions League against clubs from any country, breaking a tie with Messi who has scored 26 goals against English clubs.
Ronaldo's goal against Leverkusen also made the Juventus striker the first player to score against 33 different clubs in the Champions League, which pulled him clear of Messi who has scored against 32 different clubs in the competition.
Ronaldo has now faced six German clubs - Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04, VfB Wolfsburg, Stuttgart and Bayer 04 Leverkusen - in the Champions League, failing to score only against Stuttgart, for a total of 27 goals in 25 games against clubs from the Bundesliga.
The Portugal captain has scored 9 goals in 8 games against Bayern Munich, 7 goals apiece against Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 in 9 and 4 games respectively, 3 goals in 2 games against VfB Wolfsburg, 1 goal in 1 game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen and no goal in one game against Stuttgart.
It is a scoring rate of 1.08 goals per game.
Ronaldo's Champions League goals by club
By scoring against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on matchday 2 of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Ronaldo has now scored against a record 33 different clubs in the competition. Here is the break-up of the Portuguese striker's Champions League goals scored against all clubs.
Ronaldo's Champions League goals by opposition club country
Ronaldo has scored 127 goals in the Champions League against clubs from 15 different countries. Here is the country-wise break-up of the clubs against whom he has netted in the competition.
