Cristiano Ronaldo starts the Champions League with a victory against Persepolis, check out his new record

Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nassr defeated Persepolis in their AFC Champions League debut. The Tehran team was strong in the first minutes, however with the on going minutes of the match, the Portuguese team began to form key plays that allowed them to get ahead on the scoreboard with goals from Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Mohammed Qassem. Although Ronaldo did not score in today's match, the Portuguese was extremely active in his team's victory.

Similarly, the match was played behind closed doors due to a pending suspension of Persepolis, so many Iranian fans were left wanting to see CR7 in action. It should be noted that in the last hours several videos of the euphoria of the Iranians after the arrival of Cristiano to Iran went viral. 
With that said, Ronaldo continues to accumulate records away from Europe.

Since his arrival in the Saudi Pro League, the former Real Madrid player has accumulated some records. A few days ago he became the top scorer in the history of soccer with 844 goals. Moreover, the Riad team hasn't conceded any defeat since they secured their spot at the Asian Champions League with a positive comeback in the last 10 minutes against Shabab Al Ahli. Al Nassr holds the 6th position in the Saudi Pro League standings and its just 4 points away of Neymar's Al Hilal. The top leaders of Saudi soccer, tied the game after almost 20 minutes of added time.

On the other hand, he became the only player from Portugal who has qualified for 6 European Championships in a row. With Ronaldo's victory today, the Portuguese adds a new record. Before Cristiano, Portugal only managed to qualify only for 2 of the last 11 EuroCup editions.

Ronaldo's new record

After the big win against Persepolis, Cristiano Ronaldo's fans are recognizing the efforts made by the Madeira-born player to be one of the top referents of internacional soccer through the years. With this record, The Goat has gone 1000 games without defeat.