Fellow compatriot goes past Lionel Messi’s unique Champions League record; gains the second position after Cristiano Ronaldo
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Angel di Maria in the Champions League.
The Argentine National and Juventus player Angel di Maria has surpassed Lionel Messi and gained the second spot after Cristiano Ronaldo in a quite important statistic of the UEFA Champions League, which is having the most number of assists in the competition (38) surpassing the PSG star’s (37) and behind the Portuguese’s (42).
One could feel how ridiculous it is to even match Lionel Messi in the game is such an important statistic, let alone surpass him. In Juventus’ match against Maccabi Haifa, the score ended with 3-1 with the Italians winning, and a beautiful day for the Argentine to have provided a hat-trick of assists in the same match to break the record.
Still falling behind the greatest sportsman in the history of the Champions League, but not much, a record that can be broken for players who excel in providing assists in the game, the record held by the Portuguese would surely have come as a shock to many, who knows the exceedingly well goalscoring capabilities hide the ability to provide for one.
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Angel di Maria surpassed Lionel Messi but not Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably the greatest football player in history. But, when it comes to the Champions League- the biggest stage at the club level, the GOAT doesn’t seem to have a competition as he has almost every important record in the competition to himself, more than Lionel Messi.
Some of his unrivaled collections of records in the Champions League are:
• Most goals (141)
• Most assists (42)
• Most goals in a single season (17)
• Most goals in KO stages (67)
• Most appearances (182)
• Most group stage appearances (98)
• Most UCL titles (5)
• Only player to score in 3 UCL finals
• Only player to score in 11 straight UCL games
• Only player to score 10 goals against a team (vs Juventus)
The tip of the iceberg had records like the one that the Argentine has just got behind and it’s a whole iceberg remaining, the Argentine surpassed Lionel Messi but can he beat the greatest player in Champions League history? Well, that would still be a question as who knows, next year the king of Champions League plays.
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