Real Madrid have emerge as the primary club to attain 1,000 dreams in the history of the European Cup and Champions League way to Karim Benzema’s opener towards Shakthar Donetsk.
Real had been on 999 goals in Europe’s premiere club competition previous to the go to of the Ukrainian facet to the Bernabeu. Benzema struck just 14 mins into the competition for Los Blancos to acquire the huge milestone, the 74th Champions League aim of his own career.
The aim got here while Vinicius Junior stole the ball in Shakhtar’s penalty are and fed Benzema for an easy faucet-in only some yards out.
Real are synonymous with the European Cup and Champions League more than some other membership.
They received the first five in a row following its release inside the autumn of 1955, with a mythical side providing the likes of Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas and Paco Gento.
Real also lifted further trophies in 1966, 1998, 2000 and 2002, the latter secured by way of an iconic volley from Zinedine Zidane at Hampden Park.
The elusive Decima eventually got here in 2014 below the steerage of Carlo Ancelotti, with Real crushing metropolis opponents Atletico in greater-time.
Real have been again European champions in 2016, going on to grow to be the first and nevertheless simplest club within the Champions League era to retain the name when they won it once more in 2017. That have become a hat-trick of titles in 2018, the primary European Cup ‘3-peat’ seeing that Bayern Munich within the Nineteen Seventies.
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