Gento’s legendary record and its six European Cups It remains a ‘summit’ to overcome for all the footballers who have tried without success for years.
Since 1966when the white legend signed the historic sextet, no one else has been able to leave a mark at his level. At the top there is only her footprint. Some came very close, but no one has achieved it.
Gento, posing with his six European Cups at the Santiago Bernabéu.
The record has resisted the long and triumphant Maldini (also Costacurta), to the historic and dominant couple Cristiano-Messito Barça from the time of the Xavi, Piqué and Iniesta and, for now, also to the brilliant generation of Real Madrid players that they have won five Champions in 10 years.
And after the Fourteenth, Gento’s record had many ‘enemies’ within the ‘White House’ itself. The threat of some has been disappearing (that of Bale definitely, the Marcelo, Cristiano and Benzema practically and that of Iscoat least this year), but this season the record can still be broken by four Madridistas, Carvajal, Kroos, Modric and Nachoand also Casemiro with Manchester United. For the first it will be the second attempt; for the Brazilian, the first.
How did Paco Gento play?
The Fifteenth Madrid has an extra prize for a poker of players they caress since 2022 a record that seemed impossible to match. Last year they were just two steps away after losing in the semi-finals against City. Now they will try again. For Carvajal, Modric, Kroos and Nacho Not just any Champions League begins, a new Champions League begins that can catapult them towards the sixth title of the maximum continental competition.
Modric
has disputed 117 games in the Champions League and has scored nine goals. He has participated in 12 editions between Tottenham and Madrid. He had a late debut in the top continental competition. He didn’t do it until 2010, when he was 25 years old. But it was landing in Madrid and taking off. He arrived at 27 years old and at 36 he lifted his fifth Champions League in Paris. This new edition has many incentives for him. Apart from the fact that he may be the last one to play, Gento’s record and continuing to climb in the historical ranking of players with the most games, a Totti record is within reach as the oldest player to score in the Champions League. The Italian did it with 38 years and 59 daysso the Croatian could surpass him if he scores from the fourth day of the group stage onwards.
Kroos
has disputed 139 games in the Champions League and has scored 11 goals. He has participated in 14 editions between Bavaria and Madrid. It debuted in 2008 and in 2023 it begins a new journey in the top continental competition. The German arrived at Madrid with a Champions League and won four more as a Madrid player. Among the incentives in its fifteenth European season is the fact that it can end as fourth player with the most matches in the history of the competitiontied with Benzema (152). The challenge is an almost impossible mission, but what is within reach is to place sixth, surpassing the 142 shares of Raúl and remaining only behind Cristiano, Iker, Messi, Benzema and Xavi.
Carvajal
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has disputed 79 games in the Champions League and he scored a goal. Due to his career and importance, he would have to accumulate a handful more games, but injuries have penalized him (he withdrew from two finals due to physical problems). The curse seems to continue because just will miss the premiere against Unión Berlin due to physical problems. It has participated in 10 editions and has won five Champions Leagues. He has the spectacular average of one Champions League won every two played. Last Sunday marked 10 years since his debut in the top continental competition, a September 17, 2013 against Galatasaray.
Nacho
The ‘fantastic fourth’ that would equal Gento if Madrid wins the Champions League. He has played 58 games and has scored two goals. He has participated in 11 editions after premiering in the 12-13 season, specifically the December 4, 2012 against Ajax with the help of Mourinho. The thorn of not participating in any final to close the circle of his prominence in the Champions League was removed in 2018, when he entered the field replacing Carvajal in the kyiv final against Liverpool.
2023-09-20 13:28:01
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