Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal for the UEFA Champions League 2019 against Bayer Leverkusen at the Alliance Stadium in Juventus. The team went on to win by 3-0.  It was Gonzalo Higuain scored the first goal of the match netting a goal at the 17th minute. Federico Bernardeschi scored another goal post-half-time at the 61st minute. Cristiano Ronaldo the first goal of the Champions League 2019 at the 88th minute and put the team on 3-0 and thus the home team walked away with a win. With this, CR7 broke a series of records during the match. Cristiano Ronaldo Scores First Goal in UEFA Champions League 2019, Helps Juventus Register 3-0 Win Over Bayer Leverkusen. 

With his first goal for the UEFA Champions League 2019, Cristiano Ronaldo extended his lead over his arch-rival Lionel Messi to 16 goals. Also, Cristiano Ronaldo has more goals against clubs from a specific country. The former Real Madrid player has scored 27 in 25 appearances versus German teams. CR7 has now scored in 14 consecutive Champions League seasons. He also went on to surpass Iker Casillas’ record for most Champions League wins of all time. With the goal against Bayer, he also equalled Raul’s record of scoring against 33 different Champions League opponents. Lastly, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 126 goals in the UCL 16 years ago.

The video of CR7’s goal was shared on social media. Check it out below

Record shared by FIFA

Yet another record

With this, Juventus now stands at the top of the Group D points tally. The Bianconeri has four points in their kitty. Out of the two games played by the side, the team has won one game and a draw. Whereas, Atletico Madrid now stands on number two with four points.

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