Pele congratulates Cristiano Ronaldo on reaching 'new heights' of 100 international goals

NEW DELHI: Football legend Pele on Wednesday congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo after the star striker became only the second men's player to score 100 international goals.

The 35-year-old had 99 goals under his belt when he took the field during Portugal's Nations League clash against Sweden and netted a brilliant goal to complete the century. He then scored again to dominate Portugal's 2-0 win.
Pele took to Twitter to write: "I thought we were going to celebrate 100 goals today.But it was actually 101! Congratulations @Cristiano, as you reach new heights in your journey."
Ronaldo is only the second men's player to reach 100 goals for his country after Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran, Goal.com had reported.

The wait to achieve the milestone was long for Ronaldo as he had completed 99 international strikes back in November 2019.
Ronaldo had to miss the team's previous match against Croatia due to a toe infection. Despite Ronaldo's absence, Portugal had registered a 4-1 win in that game.