The Czech football federation has said that Cristiano Ronaldo has yet to break Josef Bican’s all-time goalscoring record as he will need 62 more goals to do so.
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 760th official goal for club and country as Juventus beat Napoli 2-0 in the Italian Super Cup, seemingly surpassing the Czech great’s record tally of 759.
However, a statement has been published by the Czech football’s governing claiming Bican’s tally actually stands at 821, meaning Ronaldo would have to score 62 more goals to become the top goalscorer in football history.
“The History and Statistics committee of the Czech FA counted all the goals scored by the legendary Josef Bican and we can declare he scored 821 goals in official matches,” a tweet by the Czech football federation said.
The Czech football federation, in a lengthy statement posted on their website also claimed 821 is the “most accurate number possible” when it comes to counting how many goals Bican scored throughout his career.
“The answer is – Josef Bican scored 821 goals in official matches,” the statement read.
“Goals from matches in the first and second leagues, national cups, the Central European Cup and national team selections are included. On the contrary, friendly matches are not included in the statistics, with the exception of the national team.
“It can be stated with full seriousness that this is a number that corresponds to the current state of the possibility of verifying all data, so it is the most accurate number possible.”
Last month, while Lionel Messi broke Pele’s long-standing goal record for a single club, Santos released a club statement claiming Pele’s official tally stands at 1,091 and not 643 including friendlies.
Why do I think that Czech people are lying?