"It's 18 goals for SON..." Minamino becomes the top scorer in the daily UCL with 5 goals

"It's 18 goals for SON..." Minamino becomes the top scorer in the daily UCL with 5 goals

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Takumi Minamino (30, AS Monaco) scored his fifth career goal in the UEFA Champions League, breaking the Japanese record for the most points ever.
Minamino started in the second round of the UCL League Phase 16 playoff against Benfica at Istadieu da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 19th (Korea time) and scored a 1-1 tie in the 32nd minute of the first half, trailing 0-1. Minamino's team AS Monaco drew 3-3 in the second round and was eliminated with an overall score of 3-4.

According to the Japanese soccer media Gekisaka, this is Minamino's fifth career UCL goal, and the highest by a Japanese player. He had two goals while playing in Salzburg, Austria, and his third this season.

Shinji Kagawa (36, Cerezo Osaka) and Daizen Maeda (28, Celtic) used to be the top scorers for Japanese players in the UCL. Both Kagawa and Maeda have four goals each. Kagawa plays for Dortmund and Maeda has four goals each for Celtic. Although it is practically difficult for Kagawa to add more UCL goals, Maeda and Minamino still have chances to score. 온라인바카라

Minamino broke the Japanese record, but Son Heung-min (33) still has the most goals scored by an Asian player. Son scored three goals (2014-2015 season) at the UCL when he was playing for Leverkusen in Germany, and after moving to Tottenham, he added 15 goals to score a total of 18 goals. We cannot completely rule out the possibility that Son will be able to score at the UCL in the future. He is 13 goals shorter than Minamino, who has the most goals scored by a Japanese player. For the time being, Son is likely to maintain the record of most goals scored by an Asian player in the UCL.