SERGIO RAMOS has surpassed Iker Casillas’s record to become Spain’s most-capped player ever. The central defender, 33, has now played 168 times for La Roja, ahead of his former teammate at 167. He broke the record after starting Spain’s Euro 2020 Group F qualifying match against Norway, hoping to continue his nation’s 100 percent win ratio in the competition so far. The Real Madrid captain has won back-to-back European Championships with Spain in 2008 and 2012, beating Germany and Italy in each final, as well as the World Cup in 2010, triumphing over the Netherlands in South Africa. He started and played the full match in each one of those finals and kept clean sheets in all three as well. Ramos is also the joint-10th highest goalscorer in his country’s history, tied with Michel on 21, just two behind Los Blancos legend Alfredo Di Stefano. (SD-Agencies) |