If not only goals for his team counted, but also own goals, Sebastien Haller would have 12 this season of the Champions League. He started the match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League by hitting his own goal. Thanks to this mistake, Benfica Lisbon equalized with 1: 1 in the 26th minute. Haller corrected his mistake very quickly, because three minutes later he took his team 2: 1 ahead.
Sebastien Haller is delightful. Another Champions League record broken
this season is doing great. The Ivorian makes his debut in the UEFA Champions League. In his first match, he scored four goals (victory against Sporting Lisbon 5: 1). . More specifically, it happened in November 1992. Then AC Milan faced IFK Goteborg.
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Six matches later, Haller makes history again. By scoring the 11th goal in the competition and in the match against, he became the player with the most goals scored in his first season in. And more importantly, it’s not over. Ajax will play at least one more game. Or maybe more, because he has a good chance of promotion.
Haller thus overtook Roberto Firmino from Liverpool, who scored 10 goals in the 2017/18 season. Next in the classification is Erling Braut Haaland, who achieved the same result (10) in the 2019/20 season (the scorer was then – 15 goals). The next places are taken – 9 goals in the 1999/00 season and Serge Gnabry – 9 goals in the 2019/20 season.
Sebastien Haller is the leader in the scorer’s classification for the current season of the Champions League. . The match Benfica Lisbon – Ajax Amsterdam ended with the result 2: 2. The rematch between these teams will be played on March 15.
Source: Sport
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