City vs Madrid Leg 2, Benzema will not surpass Haaland

– Two sharp strikers Erling Haaland and Karim Benzema will meet in the City vs Madrid Leg 2 semifinal of the Champions League, Thursday (18/5/2023) early morning WIB. In this match, Karim Benzema will not surpass Haaland’s achievements.

The achievement in question is the ratio of goals per game in this prestigious European Cup. Erling Braut Haaland, who is now 22 years old, has the highest goal ratio among the club’s top strikers who have stepped up in the Champions League.

Erling Haaland has so far scored 35 goals in the Champions League. This 193 cm tall player has a ratio of 1.25 goals per game.

If Haaland is able to maintain this ratio and avoid injury, it is believed he will surpass Ronaldo’s record of 140 goals in the Champions League. Of course if he plays for a club that enters the Champions League.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who is often referred to as The Goats or The Greatest Of All Time, has a smaller goal ratio even though he has four times the goal collection than Haaland. That’s because the number of matches played by CR7, as Ronaldo is called, is more.

Real Madrid coaches Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo, 2018.

Haaland, nicknamed the Cyborg or the Terminator, is one of only three players to have scored five goals in a Champions League match. This is one proof of sharpness. Two other players who have done so are Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano.

Meanwhile, Karim Mostafa Benzema, who is 13 years older than Haaland, is ranked seventh in the player with the best goal-per-game ratio. Even though Benzema has scored 90 goals in the Champions League, his goal ratio is only 0.60 per game.

Karim Benzema is the fourth top scorer in Champions League history and scored 15 goals in the 2021-22 Champions League which Real Madrid won.

Karim Benzema and the Champions League trophy.

But the Ballon d’Or winner will not be able to surpass Haaland’s spectacular feat when they meet tonight in the semi-finals.

As reported LiveScore, the calculation of the ratio of goals per match only applies to players with 30 goals or more. So the players who have scored less than 30 goals in the Champions League are not on the list.

Second place after Haaland is Robert Lewandowski with 91 goals and a goal ratio of 0.82 per game.

Robert Lewandowski.

Lionel Messi who is also called The Goats is in third place with 129 goals and a goal ratio of 0.79 per game.

Lionel Messi has been a regular in the Champions League since his debut in 2005 and is third on the all-time appearances list with 163 games, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Iker Casillas.

Barcelona’s deadly trident with the Champions League trophy. From left: Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar.

Messi’s most productive season was 2011-12 at Barcelona, ​​or a decade ago. Messi, who was called a little magician at that time, scored 14 goals in 11 appearances. He has surpassed the 10-goal mark in a season four times.

Fourth place, Cristiano Ronaldo with 140 goals and a goal ratio of 0.77 per game. Cristiano Ronaldo’s success in the Champions League is unparalleled. He is a five-time winner of the Wide Ear Cup, aka the Champions Cup. He is also the top scorer and top assists maker (40).

The 38-year-old’s 17 goals in the 2013-14 season, as Real Madrid won La Decima, is still the most a player has scored in a single season.

Fifth position is occupied by Manchester United striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy. The Dutch player scored 56 goals with a goal ratio of 0.77 per game.

Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Uniquely, Ruud van Nistelrooy never lifted the Champions League trophy, but won the Golden Boot with Manchester United in the 2002-03 season by scoring 12 goals.

Ruud van Nistelrooy also holds the record for being the fastest player to score 40 goals in this competition in just 45 games.

French player Kylian Mbappe is in sixth place with 40 goals and a goal ratio of 0.66 per game.

Kylian Mbappe made his name in the Champions League for the first time with Monaco scoring six goals in nine games as the French side reached the semi-finals of the 2016-17 season.

Kylian Mbappe.

The 24-year-old continues to excel at PSG, with his hat-trick against Barcelona in the 2020-21 season being his most memorable display to date.

Karim Benzema took seventh place, followed by Filippo Inzaghi’s eighth position with 46 goals and a goal ratio of 0.57 per game.

Filippo Inzaghi is a two-time Champions League winner and was the second top scorer in the 2002-03 edition with 10 goals.

Filippo Inzaghi.

The Italian was also voted Man of the Match in the 2007 final after scoring twice in AC Milan’s 2-1 win over Liverpool.

Mohamed Salah is in ninth position with 44 goals and a goal ratio of 0.56 per game. Mohamed Salah broke into the Champions League scene in Basel, scoring home and away goals against Chelsea in the 2013-14 group stage.

The Egyptian has now surpassed Steven Gerrard as Liverpool’s all-time leading scorer in European competition with 42 goals.

Mohamed Salah.

Next in line is the Brazilian striker, Neymar, who has collected 43 goals and a goal ratio of 0.53 per game.

The world’s most expensive footballer shone in the Champions League with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.

Neymar helped Barca to European glory in the 2014-15 season. At that time he scored 10 goals in 12 matches.

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