Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Real Madrid has become the first club in Europe to exceed the 1,000 goals barrier in the European Champions League, since its establishment in 1956, under the name of the European Cup for Champions League clubs, and widened the difference between it and its pursuers, Bayern Munich, “763 goals” and Barcelona “654 goals.”
The French Karim Benzema, the owner of the “footprint 1000” in this tournament, scored the first goal against Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, in the fourth round of the group stage of this tournament, and not only that, but also scored the 1001st goal, to deserve the title of man of the match, and thus join the stars Those who continued to achieve such distinguished numbers, starting with the first Madrid goal in the history of this tournament, recorded by the player Miguel Muñoz in 1956, while the 100th goal Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid legend in the fifties and sixties of the last century, scored against Barcelona in the semi-finals of the tournament. «3-1».
As for the 200th goal, it was scored by the Hungarian star Puskas, who was with Di Stefano in the same era, and scored it in the match of Real’s victory over the Dutch team Feyenoord in the 32nd round of the championship 1965-1966 season.
The 300th goal came by the Danish player Henning Jensen, who played for Real during the period from 1976 to 1979, and was in the landslide victory for Real against Progress Yenderkorn, while Sebastian Losada scored the 400th goal in the match that Real Madrid drew with Swarovski Tirol of Austria 2-2.
And the star Guti opened the third millennium with the 500th goal in the victory over Sporting Lisbon 4-0 in the group stage of the 2000-2001 season.
Englishman David Beckham scored the 600th goal against Marseille (2-1), while Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain scored the 700th goal at San Siro, the stronghold of AC Milan, and the two teams tied 2-2 in 2010.
Then came the turn of Cristiano Ronaldo, the legend of Real, to score in 2013 the 800th goal for the “Royal” against Copenhagen in the group stage, and four years later Ronaldo added the 900th goal in the quarter-final victory over Bayern Munich in the 2017 championship final.
And here is the French Karim Benzema doing it in the Ukrainian match against Shakhtar Donetsk, and he scored the 1000th goal and also the 1001st goal, to join the list of “Merengi” legends.
The happiness was evident on Benzema’s face, as he came out ten minutes before the end of the match, after feeling pain in his thigh, and was warmly encouraged by the “Santiago Bernabeu” fans.
In an interview with the Movie Star network, he reassured the fans that the injury is mild and will not prevent him from joining his country, which will play two matches in the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, against Kazakhstan and Finland on November 13 and 16.
He said: It’s just a minor bruise and I will be ready to meet the call of the “roosters.” Benzema expressed his happiness with the two goals he scored in the Shakhtar match, but at the same time stressed that the most important thing is to get the three points, acknowledging that the team was not at its best in this match.
It is known that the 1000 goal came after 456 matches for Real, during which he achieved 270 wins, and after participating for the 47th time in this tournament throughout its long history, which was decorated by the “Royal” with 13 titles, outperforming all European clubs participating in this tournament.
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