Gyokeres phenomenon ‘threatens’ Cristiano Ronaldo

Monstrous Swedish goalscorer is unstoppable and even Cristiano Ronaldo’s 11-year-old record is at risk

There are no longer many words to describe what Viktor Gyokeres has done in recent months, after, on Tuesday, ‘melting’ Fernando Santos’ Azerbaijan, with a poker (4 goals) and even an assist, in the Swedish rout 6-0 in the Nations League .

In total, Sporting ‘s super scorer has an incredible 58 goals (plus 16 assists) this calendar year, in a total of 55 games, including duels for the Lions and also for the Nordic team. This means that, at this moment, he has already entered history and into the top 10 of top scorers in a calendar year, and could, by the end of 2024, beat some of Cristiano Ronaldo ‘s marks .

In 2011, the Portuguese scored 60 goals between Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team, in 2014 another one (61), in 2012 he scored 63 goals and, in the following year, he recorded the best mark of his career, with 69 goals between January 1st and December 31st of that year. He shares this mark with the Polish Robert Lewandowski , who, in 2021, wearing the shirts of Bayern Munich and Poland , scored the same number of times.

Absolutely unattainable is the record of Lionel Messi , who, in 2012, scored an absurd 91 goals for Barcelona (79) and Argentina ( 12). That said, Gyokeres will have eight more games to go to climb places in this exclusive ranking . Until the end of the year, João Pereira’s team will face Amarante ( Taça de Portugal ), Arsenal ( Champions League ), Santa Clara ( Liga ), Moreirense ( Liga ), Club Brugge ( Champions League ), Boavista ( Liga ). , Gil Vicente ( Liga ) and, finally, the classic with Benfica , for the 16th round, on December 29th.