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Klose ties Ronaldo\\\'s all-time scoring record

Monday, 23 June 2014


Miroslav Klose has become the joint top goal scorer in the World Cup history after scoring against Ghana during their Group G clash in Brazil Saturday.
Equalling the record held by former Brazil striker Ronaldo with his 71st minute strike, Klose has quietly put his name into the history books with a remarkable lack of drama.
Famous for performing mid-air somersaults to celebrate scoring important goals earlier in his career, he changed to mostly raising a clenched fist and giving a quick smile before putting his serious game face back on and getting back to work, according to website.
But on Saturday the somersault was back after he scored the equaliser from close range with his first touch less than two minutes after coming off the bench in a 2-2 draw in Group G.
"I don't know how long its been since I did a somersault. but at least it worked out," he said after the match.
Klose had shared second place with Mueller since scoring twice in a 4-0 quarter-final win over Argentina on July 3, 2010.
The best German striker of his generation, Klose is also his country's all-time leading scorer with 70 goals in 133 games.
The soft-spoken Klose is the antithesis of flamboyant and in many ways the epitome of Germany's star-less World Cup teams.