‘Menaldu get out’… Holland and Mbafe stand tall in the two new mountain ranges for European football

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New record showdown in UCL… Messi and Ronaldo are eliminated in the round of 16 together after 16 years

Elling Hollan
Elling Hollan

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Bo-in = Lionel Messi (34, FC Barcelona) and Cristiano Ronaldo (36, Juventus) now focus on Elling Holland (21, Dortmund) and Killian Mbafe (23, Paris Saint-Germain) Faces.

In the 2020-2021 season, a new’two great mountain range’ is rising in the UEFA Champions League (UCL).

Dortmund (Germany) and Paris Saint-Germain (France, PSG) settled in the UCL quarterfinals with the performance of Holland and Mbafe, respectively.

Holland scored multiple goals in the home game of the 2nd leg of the 2020-2021 UEFA Champions League match against Seville (Spain) held at Dortmund’s BVB Stadion on the 10th (Korean time), leading a 2-2 draw. Dortmund had tickets to the quarterfinals with a total of 5-4 in the first and second games.

Hollan held a’fire show’ with Club Bruges (Belgium) held in November of last year, scoring multi-goals in four consecutive matches from the 3rd leg of the UCL group stage to the 2nd leg of the round of 16.

After scoring a total of 10 goals in six UCL matches this season, he was the sole leader in scoring and set a new record.

Hollan, who made a sensation from the start, such as achieving a hat-trick in his UCL debut match against Salzburg (Austria) in September 2019, scored 20 goals in 14 games in the two seasons, “the youngest ever (231 days 20 years old) and the shortest time. (14 matches)’ made a record.

Previously, Tottenham’s Harry Kane (24 matches) was the fastest scoring 20 points in the tournament.

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) has scored 36 games, Messi has 40 games and Ronaldo has 20 goals in 56 games.

Hollan, who was already named as the youngest player (20 years and 99 days), who scored 15 goals in 12 games, after breaking the record of Mbafe (20 years and 306 days) in November last year. He beat Baffé (19 goals) and climbed to the top.

Facing Messi (left) and Mbappe
Facing Messi (left) and Mbappe

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Mbappe is also breaking the record because he is stubborn.

On the 11th, Mbafe scored the first goal in the penalty kick against Barcelona in the second leg of the UCL Round of 16. His 6th UCL goal this season.

PSG, who had a 1-1 draw on this day, reached the quarterfinals with a total of 5-2 in the first and second games.

Mbafe, who completed a hat-trick in the first leg, scored four goals in two matches against Barcelona alone, making him the player who scored the most goals in a season against Barcelona in this tournament.

In addition, at the age of 22 years and 80 days, he broke the record held by Messi (22 years and 286 days) and scored 25 UCL goals at the youngest age ever.

On the other hand, Ronaldo (135 goals) and Messi (120 goals), who are the 1st and 2nd place in the UCL’s career, were eliminated early in the round of 16 side by side.

It has been 16 years since the 2004-2005 season that the UCL Quarterfinal will be held without’Menaldu’ (Mesh and Ronaldo).

Ronaldo, who scored four goals in the group stage, only scored zero (1 assist) in the round of 16 with Porto (Portugal), and Juventus, who faced a total of 4-4 in the first and second leg, was pushed away from many goals, and the quarter-final was frustrated.

Ronaldo also finished bitterly in the second leg of the round of 16, being criticized for his passive defense, turning his back on the opponent’s free kick.

Messi scored five goals in the tournament, scoring one goal each in the first and second leg of the round of 16, but Barcelona did not go beyond PSG with Mbafe.

Ronaldo in Frustration
Ronaldo in Frustration

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