Real Madrid’s all-time best XI in the Champions League
FW Raul
Real Madrid’s third-highest goalscorer in the Champions League with 66 goals, and the player with the second-most appearances for the club in the Champions League with 132 appearances, Raul Gonzalez is an automatic selection for this team. He is one of the biggest legends in the history of Real Madrid, and his legacy isn’t just something that can be explained by numbers. He was never a player that showed a lot of interest in registering unbelievable numbers, goals just came naturally to him.
He has won three Champions League titles at Real Madrid, scoring in two finals. Raul also holds the record for being the youngest player in the history of the Champions League to score a hat-trick in the competition.
FW Karim Benzema
Next up on the team is Karim Benzema, the talisman of the current Real Madrid team. He is simply a sensation in the Champions League, a competition that he has won four times, and in which he is currently the joint-third top goalscorer of all time and the second top goalscorer for Real Madrid.
This season takes Karim Benzema’s Champions League legacy to a whole new level, with the Frenchman having 15 goals to his name, including two hat-tricks in back-to-back games against Paris-Saint Germain and Chelsea, and a brace vs Manchester City. The 34-year-old’s Real Madrid career and it is safe to say that some more records will be broken by him in the near future.
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FW Cristiano Ronaldo
The acronym for the UEFA Champions League is UCL. But I wouldn’t blame anyone if they think that UCL stands for UEFA Cristiano League, because the competition is his own. Check all the goalscoring records in the Champions League, and the name Cristiano Ronaldo is written everywhere. He also holds the record for the most assists in the Champions League.
The Portuguese, who’s the highest goalscorer in the Champions League, is also Real Madrid’s highest scorer in the competition, having scored 105 goals in just 101 appearances. He has won four CL titles with Real Madrid, being the top scorer with more than ten goals in each of the seasons. A page isn’t enough to talk about this man’s records in the Champions League, and I think the statement that “Cristiano Ronaldo is Mr. Champions League” is enough to talk about his reputation and records in Europe’s biggest club competition.