With 15 World Cup goals, Ronaldo has not only surpassed Gerd Muller’s 32 years old world cup record but also proved that he is the most versatile player and complete attacker of the present times. Haling Ronald’s historic achievement, Germany soccer legend Gerd Muller said that the Brazilian star is the most complete attacker of the present times.
Muller who represented West Germany in the 1970 and 1974 FIFA world cup scored 14 goals to become highest scorer of the FIFA World Cup. Before that, the former French striker Fontaine held the record by scoring 13 goals in 1958 world cup.
The Germany score legend said,
Although Ronaldo is now in his third World Cup, this is nevertheless still a great achievement on his part. Playing at such a high level over such a long period, always managing to be fit at the right moment is unusual nowadays.
Brazil need Ronaldo, they do not have anyone quicker than him up front. He was not on top of his game in the first two matches, but against Japan, he could have got about five goals, he added.
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