the Champions League starts this Tuesday, another opportunity for the big European stars to continue accumulating goals, from legends like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to young people like Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland.
Cristiano Ronaldo, The top scorer in the history of the competition with 134 goals, has proved it after his return to Manchester United with a double, twelve years after leaving the English team, with experiences in Spain (Real Madrid) and Italy ( Juventus).
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His usual rival, Messi, Who has 14 fewer goals than the Portuguese, with 120, has also changed clubs to join Brazilian Neymar at PSG.
The Argentine hopes to reconcile with the queen of European competitions, who has not smiled at him with a title since 2015.
In the French capital, he will play in the side of one of the European promises: the Frenchman Mbappé, second top scorer in the Champions League last year (8 goals), just behind another potential phenomenon, the Norwegian Haaland, author of ten goals despite the elimination of his team, Borussia Dortmund, in the quarterfinals last season.
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Although these two young stars are surprising, they are still far from Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski (73 goals) and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema (71), fighting for third place. of the historical classification of top scorers of Champions.
Stainless Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who returned after an injury on Sunday with AC Milan and already a goal scorer, is preparing to rejoin the Champions League, like his club, who have been absent for seven years.
With 48 goals to his credit in the European competition, he will surely have in his sights the Frenchman Thierry Henry, seventh in the classification of directors of the tournament, with only two goals more than the Swede.
Top scorers in the Champions League from 1992-1993 (preliminary rounds excluded):
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 134 goals
2. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 120
3. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) 73
4. Raúl 71
. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 71
6. Ruud van Nistelrooy 56
7. Thierry Henry 50
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) 48
. Andrei Shevchenko 48
. Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) 48