The “Spider” finished with a double against Bayer Leverkusen, which not only gave his team the victory, but also brought him closer to an important statistic within the highest European competition.
Julian Alvarez He is going through a great individual moment in his first season with the team’s shirt. Atlético Madrid. The “Spider”who is soon to turn 25 on January 31, signed an important double in the 2-1 against Bayer Leverkusento secure the three points for “Colchonero” in the Champions League.
The incredible performance of the Argentine striker does nothing more than increase his numbers on an individual level. And the ex-River Plate is soon to join the Top 10 of Argentines with the most goals in the history of the Champions Leagueand is even located near the Historical Top 100 of the competition in the Old Continent.
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Julián Álvarez, close to registering his name on the list of top scorers in the Champions League
The native of Calchín is playing its third edition of the Champions League and already has an Orejona, built in the 2022/23 season with the Manchester City. Furthermore, in the 24 matches who played -13 were starters- scored 14 goals -seven with Atlético and eight with City-, a figure that exceeds that of Carlos Tévez and Lautaro Martínez.
He Top 10 of Argentine scorers is led by Lionel Messiwith 129 so many, who follow Alfredo Di Stefano (49), Sergio Aguero (47), Hernan Crespo (28), Gonzalo Higuain (25), Angel Di Maria (24), Lisandro Lopez (23), Julio Cruz (19) and, finally, Paulo Dybala, Javier Saviola and Fought Gonzalez (18).
This leaves the “Spider” at the door of the list, since He only needs four more scores to sneak into the top ten. On the other hand, if you convert that same amount it is added to the Top 100 of historical scorers in the Champions League, led by Cristiano Ronaldo (141).
Source: Ambito
