THE PIVOTE REACHED THE 127 PARTIES
Busquets equalled a Madrid legend in Champions League matches
Published:5/10/2022 - 17:40h
Updated:5/10/2022 - 17:40h
The Champions League began very well for Sergio Busquets like player of the FC Barcelona. The European adventure of the now captain culé initiated with a title in 2009 and has arrived until this 2022 with almost 130 parties contested
Sergio Busquets converted this Tuesday in the seventh Spanish footballer with more parties in the Champions League, equalised with Xabi Alonso. The 127 parties of the maximum European competition of the captain of the FC Barcelona complete a milestone more in a big career, always like player culé, including three titles of Champions since it arrived to the first team does almost 15 years.
The ones of Gerard Hammered, that went in in the second time of the party in Milan, reach the 124 although delivered between 120 like Barcelona and four like player of the Manchester United. With good memories for him, as the central marked two goals like Network Devil in the Champions during his short stage like footballer in England, to where arrived after having formed in The Masia.
Busquets went out like titling in Giuseppe Meazza, whereas Gerard Hammered began from the bench, but substituted in the second half to the lesionado Chistensen. In the 127 parties of the pivote with the Barça, the player has marked 4 goals and has delivered 7 assistances, although further of his figures always finished standing out like this so necessary balance in the game of possession of balloon of the Catalan team.
The ránking of Spaniards with more parties in Europe, as it aims the account @pedritonumeros in Twitter heads it Iker Boxes, with 181, all they with the Real Madrid. By his part, the current trainer of the FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, occupies the second place with the 157 meetings that played with the Barça and where added four titles in the competition, adding that of Paris in 2006 in front of the Arsenal.
The others stood out
The third position of said smart is for Raúl González (144) the one who unlike Boxes yes finished contesting European meetings with another club: the Schalke 04. With the German group even made history in the competition attaining put to the team in semifinals for the first time in his history. Where would finish falling in front of the Manchester United by a global of 6-1. The fourth square is for the exazulgrana Andrés Iniesta, with 132 crashes in the European elite, one more than Sergio Bouquets (131).
