Gareth Bale, Marcelo, Casemiro, Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema They are the five players of the current squad of the real Madrid who have managed to score a goal in a Champions League final, events in which legends such as Alfredo di Stefano and Ferenc Puskaswith seven goals each in the stage of greatest glory for the white club.
The five players in the current squad who have scored in finals could be increased to six with Lucas Vazquez, if penalty kicks were taken into account by UEFA in the final round. He did not fail after kissing the ball with all the calm in the world, as if he were a regular pitcher, in Milan before him Atletico Madridafter bravely assuming the responsibility of being the player who started the outcome in the maximum penalties.
Of the current generation of soccer players real Madrid find, eight years later, the first survivors of the squad in the conquest of the tenth, in Lisbon in 2014. In that unforgettable event for Madridismo, they participated Dani Carvajal, Marcelo, Modric, Isco, Bale and Benzema.
After the saving header of Sergio Ramos At 93 minutes, the madridista superiority in extra time left goals from Marcelo and Gareth Bale, in addition to the finishing touch Cristiano Ronaldo. Neither of the two players who continue to make up the squad he manages Carlo Ancelotti it seems destined to have prominence in the final eight years later. They will both say goodbye.
Two years after Lisbon, the real Madrid returned to the final in Milan, again against Atletico Madrid, and again Sergio Ramos appeared to score on an appointed day. The extra time was repeated, this time equalized and without the Atletico physical collapse. On penalties, the team already led by Zinedine Zidane did not forgive. Beside Luke marked Marcelo Y bale to give the eleventh to madridismo.
It was the beginning of an overwhelming domination of European football, with the conquest of three Champions Leagues consecutive. A year later, the list of Real Madrid scorers in the finals increased against Juventus. the brazilian Casemiro and Marco Asensio joined the double Cristiano Ronaldo in the rout
And in kyiv, in 2018, a cycle was closed with goals from players who still remain in the squad. The Welsh double bale with a magic Chilean; the expected premiere of Benzema in a final of the Champions League taking advantage of a mistake Karius and expanding to 21 the footballers of the real Madrid who scored in the conquest of thirteen European Cups.
The Frenchman, top scorer in the current ‘Champions’ with 15 goals in 11 games, and in the best season of his career, reaches the big date after scoring in the last five European games. He was a key player in the comebacks and achieving records in the qualifying rounds, such as two consecutive triples, which he had only signed before. Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese and balewith three goals in finals like Rial, stayed away from footballers who marked an era with five consecutive finals, in which Alfredo Di Stéfano left his mark in all of them, with a total of seven goals, and Puskaswho matched them by scoring in just two finals, scoring four goals against Eintracht and three to benfica.
In the modern age, only Raul Gonzalez and Bale they managed to score in two finals. The ‘eternal captain’ did it in the comfortable victory against Valencia in Paris (3-0) and opening the scoring against Leverkusen in glasgow (2-1).
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