Bustling Samba in Champions League

(Baonghean.vn) - Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo with 8 goals is leading the scoring list in the Champions League, but it is the Brazilian "field dancers" who are making waves in Europe.

The scoring form of players in the Champions League greatly affects national teams. Head coaches of national teams always follow closely and select the best strikers for their teams.

Brazilian Impressions

No one else but coach Tite is the happiest person when seeing his students dominating the European football fields. Up to now, 16 Brazilian strikers have scored in the Champions League, led by Neymar with 6 goals for PSG.

Neymar and Roberto Firmino (Brazi) are in very good form. Photo: Internet

Followed by Roberto Firmino (5), Anderson Talisca (3), Bernard (2), Bruno Cesar (2), Dani Alves (2), Gabriel Jesus (2), Philippe Coutinho (2), Willian (2), David Luiz (1), Felipe (1), Fernando (1), Luiz Adriano (1), Pedro Henrique (1), Taison (1) and Vitinho (1).

The fact that the three main strikers Neymar, Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino have scored 13 goals makes the strength of the yellow-green teams highly appreciated at the 2018 World Cup which will take place in Russia next summer.

Not only that, defenders Dani Alves and David Luiz, in addition to their defensive abilities, also know how to score goals, making the Samba team's attacking options more diverse.

Behind Brazil are the French players with a total of 26 goals. Striker Ben Yedder is impressing for Sevilla with 6 goals in the Champions League. In the list of 15 scorers, Mbappe and Kurzawa each have 3 goals.

Layvin Kurzawa's hat-trick in PSG's 5-0 win over Anderlecht made him the first defender in history to score three goals in a European match. England (22), Argentina (15), Belgium (14), Portugal (13), Spain (11), Germany (9), Netherlands (9) and Italy (9) were next in line.

Spain decline

It is worth mentioning that out of the 13 goals scored by Portuguese players, Ronaldo alone scored 8 goals, the remaining 5 players each scored only 1 goal. England strikers Harry Kane with 6 goals, Sterling 4 goals, Dele Ailli with 2 goals are also considered to be in stable form.

Morata and his Spanish teammates - each has only scored 1 goal in the Champions League. Photo: Internet

With the impressive performance of Brazilian and French players in the Champions League, European bookmakers are placing the highest odds on these teams to win the 2018 World Cup. Meanwhile, Messi and his teammates, although having tickets to Russia, are not considered strong candidates to win the cup because the performance of Argentine players in the Champions League is not high.

Surprisingly, most of the Spanish players are playing in the cup, each of whom has only scored 1 goal in this prestigious arena so far.

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