{"id":18168,"date":"2022-06-06T23:24:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=18168"},"modified":"2022-06-06T23:24:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:24:56","slug":"the-top-20-all-time-international-goal-scorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/06\/the-top-20-all-time-international-goal-scorers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and the top 20 all-time international goal scorers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For well over 15 years, the Manchester United legend has shared the stage with the former Barcelona superstar, and few players have ever come close to matching their form in front of goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few, if any, players have dominated world football to the extent that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have in just under two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the rate at which they both consistently deliver greatness, both players have made the most extraordinary goal-scoring habits seem normal. While the majority of their genius has been displayed in club shirts, Ronaldo and Messi have also had some incredible moments on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronaldo was instrumental in Portugal&#8217;s Euro 2016 triumph, despite the fact that he was forced to withdraw from the final against France in Paris due to injury. Messi finally ended Argentina&#8217;s silverware drought when he helped La Albiceleste win the most recent Copa America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both stars were in action for their respective countries on Sunday evening, with Messi breaking an 81-year-old Argentine football record by scoring five goals in a single game against Estonia. Messi scored five goals in a single game for the second time in his career, but the first time for his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this was happening in Spain, Ronaldo was assisting Portugal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For well over 15 years, the Manchester United legend has shared the stage with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1331],"class_list":["post-18168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-goal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The top 20 all-time international goal scorers.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Because of the rate at which they both consistently deliver 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