Liverpool’s Egyptian striker scores 8 goals before playing the round of 16 round against Madrid in which his team must come back from 2-5
Mbappe could not avoid the elimination of PSG and ends the competition with 7 goals, still second with a goal more than Vinicius Jr and Joao Mario
The second phase of the Champions League 2022 – 2023with the return of the round of 16 and we already have Chelsea, Benfica, Milan and Bayern as the first four classified of the 8 teams that will follow the road to the Grand Final on June 10, at the Ataürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
As in each edition, the main individual award goes to the competition’s top scorer, an award that the Frenchman won last season Karim Benzema with 15 goals. The Real Madrid player had a spectacular second phase that helped his team win the 14th European Cup and allowed him to rise in the scoring rankings to Lewandowski, winner of the award in 2020, who finished the competition with 13 points for his former team, Bayern Munich.
This year, the Frenchman, with physical problems, did not score in the entire first phase and his first two goals came in the first leg of the round of 16 against Liverpool. In addition, the Pole, now in the ranks of Barça, was eliminated in the first phase; with both of them offside, the way is opened for other strikers seeking the award.
Although the player who leads the ranking for the top scorer in the 2022-2023 Champions League is in danger of leaving the competition early. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) has scored 8 goals but his team has the impossible mission of coming back from a 2-5 loss against Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. Also the second is kylian mbappe (PSG) who was eliminated in these round of 16 against Bayern and will not be able to increase his account that remains in 7 targets.
All this favors the madridista Vinicius which is third with a total of 6 points and he is postulated as the top favorite to succeed his teammate Benzema in the list of winners of the award. He is also with 6, but with one more match, the Benfica striker João Mario.
behind are with 5 goals: Lewandowski, Eerling Haaland (Manchester City), who won it in 2021 with Borussia Dortmund, Raph (Benfica) and Taremi (port).
Consult the classification of the scorers of the maximum continental competition.
CHAMPIONS 2022-23 SCORERS CLASSIFICATION
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): 8
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG)*: 7
- Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid): 6
- Joao Mario (Benfica): 6
- Robert Lewandowski (Barça)*: 5
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City): 5
- Mehdi Taremi (Porto): 5
- Rafael (Benfica): 5
- Leroy Sane (Bayern): 4
- Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)*: 4
- Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli): 4
- Leo Messi (PSG)*: 4
- Giovanni Simeone (Napoli): 4
- Olivier Giroud (Milan): 4
- Mohamed Kudus (Ajax)*: 4
- Darwin Nunez (Liverpool): 4
- Eric Maxim Choupo-Mouting (Bayern): 4
*Already eliminated from the competition.