Raphinha continued his fantastic form with Barcelona this season, when he scored two goals in the Catalan club’s 3-1 win over Benfica in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16.
With his goal, the Brazilian star reached goal number 11 this season in the Champions League, thus surpassing Serhou Guirassy and becoming the competition’s top scorer.
In total, Raphinha has been involved in 16 goals in the Champions League, scoring 11 and creating 5 others.
Raphinha is now threatening Cristiano Ronaldo’s bid, as the player with the most goals in a single edition of the “Big Ears”.
Ronaldo has contributed 22 goals in a single season with Real Madrid, and he holds the record in his favorite competition, which he has won 5 times in his career.
The opportunity seems ripe for Rafinha to break Ronaldo’s record, given that he has 6 more matches to play if Barcelona reach the final.
It is worth noting that Raphinha has raised his total goal contributions this season to 46 goals in all competitions, the second most contributing player after Mohamed Salah (54).
