36-year-old Olivier Giroud single-handedly taking AC Milan to the UCL KO stage with 2 goals and an assist
Like fine wine
36-year-old Olivier Giroud single-handedly taking AC Milan to the UCL KO stage with 2 goals and an assist
Like fine wine
Kylian Mbappe is the third French player to score at least 40 Champions League goals
He’s in good company
Julián Álvarez is the youngest Argentine (22 years and 275 days) to be directly involved in three goals in a single UEFA Champions League match since Lionel Messi vs FC Bayern München in April 2009, also under Pep Guardiola (21 years 288 days).
Only two English players have scored a Champions League goal before their 18th birthday:
◎ 17-year-old Jude Bellingham
◉ 17-year-old Rico Lewis
One against Man City and now one for Man City.
17 - Aged 17 years and 346 days, Rico Lewis has become the youngest player in Champions League history to score on his first start in the competition, breaking the record previously held by Karim Benzema (17 years 352 days for Lyon vs Rosenborg in 2005). Knockout.
3 - Aged 22 years and 275 days, Julián Álvarez is the youngest Argentinean to be directly involved in three goals in a single UEFA Champions League match since Lionel Messi vs FC Bayern München in April 2009, also under Pep Guardiola (21 years 288 days). Blessed.
Only two Champions League teams remain unbeaten across all competitions in 2022/23:
◉ S.L. Benfica
◎ Paris Saint-Germain
Benfica take top spot based on goals scored away from home.
1-1
3-0
0-2
1-2
2-1
The last Chelsea manager to go unbeaten in his first five Champions League games incharge of the club was Roberto Di Matteo in 2011/12…
You know what happened next:
We could potentially see PSG face Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid or Man City in the Round of 16