Erling Braut Haaland lived a historic and almost unique night in the history of the Champions League. Only Leo Messi and Luiz Adriano have scored five goals in the same match in the competition but, more notably, the Norwegian has clearly become the biggest young goal predator of all time. This is what the data says and no one has scored more goals (33) in their first 25 games. Not even the top-5 of the most accomplished people in history. How did it go?
5
Raul Gonzalez
71 goals in 144 games
Raúl González Blanco was once known as Mr. Champions League. Captain of Real Madrid and an icon of the competition, he is the fifth all-time top scorer here. Amazingly, despite that statistic, in his first 25 games he only scored 11 goals.
4
Karim Benzema
88 goals in 147 games
Another one from Real Madrid, king of kings of the Champions League, on the list. Karim Benzema, the top scorer of the last edition, has a total of 88 goals to his credit, which has been the key to achieving several titles. However, in his first 25 games, he scored only 13.
3
Robert Lewandowski
91 goals in 111 games
One of the deadliest scorers in recent seasons. At Bayern he won everything and that is mainly to blame for the accuracy of his boots. They found the goal 91 times, although in the first 25 games only 15 times.
2
Leo Messi
129 goals in 163 games
The best player of all time for many occupies the second position. It’s about Leo Messi, who despite not being a center forward has scored 129 goals in the Champions League, and could have many more next season. However, in his first 25 games, he could only make 12.
1
Cristiano Ronaldo
141 goals in 187 games
The scorer among scorers. No one has scored more than Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 141 Champions League goals, the record Haaland is chasing. The amazing thing about the case is that the Portuguese, in his first 25 games, did not score… nothing!
Source: La Verdad
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