Absolute legend of European football, Crisitano Ronaldo left his mark on the Champions League. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has numerous records in C1. However, the latter was recently beaten by his compatriot João Neves, who achieved a real feat with PSG recently. Explanations.
This Wednesday, the PSG was held in check on the lawn of l’Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League (0-0). Yet authors of a good overall performance, the men of Luis Enrique came up against a Basque wall, while the goalkeeper Unai Simon was voted man of the match.
30 matches in C1 for João Neves…
However, this poor performance of PSG in C1 did not really have any consequences on the ranking. For his part, João Neves has set a new record in its collection. Indeed, the Parisian number 87 has exceeded the mark of 30 Champions League matches played, all at just 21 years and 74 days old.
…Who does it better than Cristiano Ronaldo
So, João Neves exceeds a certain Cristiano Ronaldo as the youngest Portuguese player in history to reach this milestone of 30 matches played in C1. CR7 he had reached it at the age of 22 years and 226 days with Manchester United. An astonishing statistic which demonstrates the precocity of the phenomenon born in 2004.
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