Vinicius, the only player at Wembley to score in the Champions League final

With five scorers in the Champions League final where Real Madrid face their last big event, in Paris against Liverpool -Gareth Bale, Marcelo, Casemiro, Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema-none of them are still at a club that has appeared at Wembley in just 24 months with Vinicius as the only footballer to score a goal in a competition for the title of European champion.

The Brazilian decided the Champions League on May 28, 2022, left for posterity due to Real Madrid’s comebacks in the previous qualifying rounds against PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City. At Saint-Denis he stepped up in the 59th minute in a final where he shared the spotlight with Thibaut Courtois’ miraculous saves.

‘Vini’ became the twenty-second Real Madrid player to score in a final and, two years later, he has the power to become the first player born in Brazil of history to score in two Champions League finals. So far, there are 19 footballers who have achieved this, according to data from BeSoccer for EFE.

Vinicius received the witness from his partner in Paris Casemiro, who became the last Brazilian to score in a final (2017). Marcelo did it before (2014) in the Madrid chapter. After the year 2000, it was achieved by players such as Deco (born in São Paulo), Lúcio, Carlos Alberto, Belletti and Neymar.

None of Vini’s Real Madrid teammates are on the brink of history if they win and chase six European Cups in Paco Gentoneither Luka Modric, Toni Kroos (four wins at Real Madrid and one at Bayern), Dani Carvajal or Nacho Fernández, did not score in the finals played.

The scoring ceiling on designated days of the world’s most prestigious club competition has been set by legends such as Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskaswith seven goals each in the white club’s most glorious era.

It is towards placing the present at the same level, with five conquests in the last ten editions, a Real Madrid where of the football players who began their last cycle of domination by conquering the tenth in Lisbon, only three remain representative: Carvajal, Nacho and Modric.

Sergio Ramoswith Lisbon’s header saving in the 93rd minute, and Marcelo’s goals in extra time, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo’s pin in tenth. Sergio Ramos again in Milan in the eleventh, winning the penalty shootout. A double of christian including the purposes of Casemiro and Marco Asensio on the twelfth in Glasgow. And Bale’s double, which included a magical overhead kick, included the goal from Karim Benzema in kyiv on the thirteenth. Scorers including Vinicius from a decade full of glory for Real Madrid.

In modern times, only Raul Gonzalez and Bale scored in both finals. The ‘eternal captain’ did it in a comfortable victory against Valencia in Paris (3-0) and opened the scoring against Leverkusen in Glasgow (2-1). The Welshman, in extra time of the tenth against Atlético de Madrid and against Liverpool in the thirteenth. Vinicius He wants to achieve it against Borussia Dortmund, which in its history has four players who have scored in the finals: Riedle twice and Ricken in his only conquest, against Juventus in 1997, and Gündogan in the defeat against Bayern in 2013.

‘Vini’ will join an elite club of players who have scored in two finals, consisting of just 19 numbers. At just 23 years old, he is now the third Brazilian player with the most goals in the final stages (10), behind Come on (11 and Neymar (13); the one who scored the most goals in the semifinals, with four, including his recent double in Munich, in the first leg against Bayern. With a total of 55 games in the ‘Champions’ where he scored 20 goals and is one step away from increasing his size, taking a giant step towards the Ballon d’Or.