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Comparison of goals in the last three World Cups, I found a super player who is known as a famous player to score 1,500 goals.

3:45pm, 1 September 2025Football

By comparing the goals scored in the semi-finals and finals of the last three World Cups, I found a super strong player who is really more and more successful in his analysis and is well-deserved.

As we all know, the World Cup is the most important event in a football match, bringing together the world's strongest participating teams, and all high-level players dream of World Cup champions. For important events like

, everyone will be very cautious when it comes to the knockout stage and will show their own unique skills. It is not easy to pass the mark every round, and it is even more difficult to score goals.

In the semi-finals and finals, both sides are usually traditional strong teams, and it is even more difficult to break the opponent's goal.

However, there is a player who always scores goals in key games and critical moments in major events.

Let's first look at the scores and goals in the semi-finals and finals of the last three World Cups - Brazil lost 1-7 to Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals; Argentina drew 0-0 with the Netherlands, and eliminated the Netherlands 4-2 in the penalty shootout

Germany defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final. The two sides fought until overtime to decide the victory.

France defeated Belgium 1-0 in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals; Croatia defeated England 2-1; France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the

finals.

2022 World Cup semi-finals: Argentina defeated Croatia 3-0; France defeated Morocco 2-0

Finals: Argentina 2-2 France, 1-1 in overtime, Argentina won 4-2 in penalty shootout.

Calculate, the total number of goals scored in the semi-finals and finals of the three World Cups (excluding penalty shootouts) is: 9, 10, and 11

. As a comparison, we count the total number of goals scored in the semi-finals of the three World Cups in the 1994, 98 and 2002 is 4, 8, and 4

. In contrast, it is very obvious that the total number of goals scored in the last three World Cup semi-finals increased significantly compared with the total number of goals scored in the three World Cup semi-finals in the 1990s and the turn of the century.

The change in this regard is related to the changes in the rules. The most important thing is to introduce rules to protect offensive players. Many actions were no longer allowed at that time, and red cards could be played. There is a classic reference significance for this game, that is, the Netherlands vs. Brazil in the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup. Dutch players focused on Ronaldo in that game, and at least 5 tackles behind the scenes will be red cards.

But in that game, I didn't even get a yellow card. Some just gave verbal warnings, while others didn't even have verbal warnings. In that era, the length of the career and health of players, especially the health of top players, was far from the current era. Many of the superstars of those days were not affected by injuries.

Perhaps this is why Cannavaro said that exaggerated sentence - Ronaldo can score 1,500 goals in this era!

Canavaro's words were very exaggerated and surprised by the fans of Daluo. The number of 1500 is indeed very exaggerated.

However, after carefully analyzing Ronaldo's World Cup goals today, it was found that what Cannavaro said may be based on: First, this era has bonus for the protection of offensive players, and it is relatively easy to score goals; Second, in that era when offensive players were not protected, Ronaldo's performance was already very explosive, making the opponent unable to defend at all, and the number of goals was also considerable; Third, Ronaldo was protected by offensively, and the damage would be smaller, his career would be healthier, and his peak period would be longer.

Take the game of the 98 World Cup semi-finals mentioned earlier against the Netherlands. The opponent guarded him strictly throughout the game, often using fouls to stop him, and even tackled behind the penalty area to destroy his single shot without being awarded a penalty kick. Even so, Ronaldo seized an opportunity to score a goalkeeper Van der Sar's big and small gantry goal.

In the 2002 World Cup, after returning from multiple serious injuries, Ronaldo ignored the doctor's warning and continued to play football at the risk of being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He won all three goals against both sides in the semi-finals and finals!

Looking at the World Cups that Ronaldo participated in, he scored 8 goals in the knockout stage, which is the best in history. This is enough to show that the more critical and difficult he can play in the game. This is the most real manifestation of the inability of a strong player.

What is even more commendable is that he was in an era when the offensive players were not protected enough and scored very few goals. In such an era, he could score so many goals and won all the goals against both sides in the semi-finals and finals of the 202 World Cup, which is enough to prove that he has a strong ability to seize opportunities.

In the era of Daluo, the forwards had the highest value, because good forwards could destroy cities and villages. In that era, there were generally not many goals. Seizing an opportunity would have great hope to help the team win.

In the later era of inflated goals, many exaggerated records came out, like Lewandowski's 5 goals in 9 minutes, which was really unimaginable.

The number of goals scored in different eras cannot be used to judge and compare the strength of the two players.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not completely unreasonable for Cannavaro to say that Ronaldo can score 1,500 goals in this era.

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