By Reinaldo Oliveros
Apr 28, 2024, 10:48 PM EDT
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will meet in the Champions League semi-finals in which Vinícius Jr. and Rodrygo can make history for the meringues.
Both Brazilians add two goals in the semifinals and they can get closer to Alfredo Di Stéfano and Cristiano Ronaldo. A total of 40 Madrid players have scored in the semi-finals.
Only 19 did so on more than one occasion. Among them Vinícius and Rodrygo, two key footballers at present for Carlo Ancelotti.
Vinícius scored in two semi-final games, both against Manchester City. For Rodrygo His two semi-final goals are unforgettable. In the same match, in the magical comeback against City in the semi-final second leg in 2022.
The two can equal legends who marked the history of Real Madrid such as Carlos Santillana and Amancio Amaro.
Which Real Madrid legends have the most goals in the Champions League semi-finals?
Eight Real Madrid players were able to score more than one goal in a semi-final match. They were Di Stéfano with a hat trick against Vasas (4-0) in the 1957/58 season and a double in the first leg of the 1959/60 against Barcelona (3-1), a tie in which Puskas scored two goals in the second leg in the Camp Nou.
The third in history to achieve this was Tejada, who scored two goals against Standard Lieja (4-0) in the 1961/62 campaign.
It was not repeated until 1979/80 when, also at the Santiago Bernabéu, Carlos Santillana scored a double against Hamburg (2-0). Thirteen years passed until Cristiano Ronaldo appeared to be the one who scored more than one goal in the semifinals the most times.
The Portuguese star achieved it against Bayern in 2011/12 at the Santiago Bernabéu (2-1), He repeated it against the German team at the Allianz Arena on the day Sergio Ramos also signed it (0-4), in 2013/14, and signed a hat trick against Atlético de Madrid in the first leg of the 2016 Champions League semi-finals /17 (3-0).
His leadership was resumed by Frenchman Karim Benzema, who scored two doubles in semi-final matches. in the draw against Bayern (2-2) in the 2017/18 season, and at the Etihad, in the defeat prior to the Bernabéu comeback. That night he scored two goals against Manchester City in the first leg of the 2021/22 campaign. On the return Rodrygo left his mark, becoming the eighth to do so.
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