Rodrygo’s incredible numbers in the Champions League

2023-04-19 00:24:12

While the fans of Chelsea he was leaving the field ten minutes from time, Stamford Bridge sounded as if it were the Bernabéu, with the madridistas who were in the stands asking Nacho to stay next season. This is how dominant this Real Madrid is, which has already left Anfield in the previous round and left London unscathed last night en route to the semi-finals. A match of maximum demand due to a lot of crisis in which the “blues” are and in which he reigned Rodrygo as he always does, without flinching. He does not change the face of a good boy at any time, but he does a lot of damage, especially in the Champions League, his fetish competition. With the two goals from yesterday he reaches the 15 goals in 37 Champions League gameswhile in the League he has done 12 in 100 matches and 16 in 117 games counting all competitions that are not the Champions. The explanation? Not even the protagonist himself has it. “Until today I don’t know how to explain it, but it is a very special competition for me, whenever I play I do something to help the team,” explained the Brazilian in Movistar, where he also revealed why he celebrated the first goal in the manner of Cristiano. “First I thought about slipping on my knees, but I have a little swelling and it wasn’t the best, so I remembered my idol and thought about celebrating Cristiano.” After the second goal, he did kneel down and point his thumbs at the sky, to celebrate a great night for him that could have been even better, because in the first half he had the clearest chance of the blancosand crashed it into the stick of Kepa.

“It’s a pleasure to be in the Real MadridWe have the obligation to reach the semis and win this competition whenever possible. That is in our head, since I arrived I have reached the final rounds and I hope to continue like this, “he continued. Rodrygo, who won the praise of his coach. “Just before the first goal I had a talk with him on the wing to solve a defensive problem that we had to fix when we didn’t have the ball. With the ball there is nothing to teach him. He has played a game less good than others in which he has not scored, but this time he had an impressive ERA. We are lucky to have young people with spectacular energy and quality. They give us a lot of confidence for the future,” acknowledged Ancelotti, who is going to play his fourth semifinal in four seasons with Real Madrid. In the first stage he won the From above and now he already has in the curriculum the fourteenth and another “semi” that will allow you to reach Alex Ferguson as a coach with the most games directed in the highest European competition. “It’s an honor to live up to a great coach and person like Sir Alex,” he says. Madrid has reached 11 of the last 13 semifinals and this season they have won all four games of the round of 16 and quarterfinals. “The team is in a good moment,” Ancelotti confessed.