#goal-scoring-records

#goal-scoring-records

Cristiano Ronaldo was 50 yards from goal, when he just started running. At the old Estadio Jose Alvalade, less than a year before the 52,000-capacity bowl was knocked down, Sporting were hosts to Moreirense in the Primeira Liga. It was October 2002, and the Lisbon giants had made a difficult start to their title defence five games, only two wins. In a bid to turn around the ailing form, Romanian boss Laszlo Boloni handed a first-ever league start to a 17-year-old.