Sunday, May 11, 2008

Ronaldo became the World Cup's all-time leading scorer

Ronaldo
Ronaldo became the World Cup's all-time leading scorer, pacing Brazil to a 3-0 victory in Dortmund, Germany, and sending the reigning world champions to the quarter-finals.

Tuesday's other second-round contest sees France battle Spain in Hanover. The winner takes on Brazil on Saturday in Frankfurt.Ronaldo scored in the fifth minute of the match Tuesday, beating goalkeeper Richard Kingson on a breakaway to collect his 15th career goal at the competition and pass Gerd Muller of West Germany on the all-time goal scorers' list.

Muller, nicknamed Der Bomber, scored 14 goals in 13 games for West Germany at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups.

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