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Cristiano Ronaldo matches 59-year-old record on Lionel Messi's landmark day
Don't wait 30 years - sign up for our daily football email newsletter today!Cristiano Ronaldo was not going to be undone by rival Lionel Messi as he matched a 59-year-old Serie A record.The Juventus star had seen the Argentine score his 643rd goal for Barcelona against Valencia on Saturday afternoon.It equalled a record held by Pele for the most goals scored for a single club - the Brazilian doing so with Santos.But just hours later Ronaldo's brace in a 4-0 win at Parma meant he had notched 33 goals in a year.No top flight player in Italy had done so since former Juventus star Omar Sivori in 1961.The Portuguese star is only the fourth man to do so after Gunnar Nordahl in 1950 and Felice Borel in 1933 had also achieved the feat.Ronaldo still
