Vinicius Junior beat Lionel Messi’s record in the Champions League final

real Madrid stayed with the Champions League 2021/2022 after beating 1-0 at Liverpool in the final played in Paris, France. The goal was scored by the Brazilian Vinicius Junior at minute 59 ‘, after a center by Federico Valverde.

The goal of the Brazilian striker managed to beat the record that Lionel Messi had achieved more than 10 years ago, scoring in the final of the Champions League of the 2008/2009 season against Manchester United.

That time, the Argentine’s goal went down in history because he was the youngest player to score in that instance. At that time Messi was 21 years, 11 months and three days. Vinicius did it at 21 years, 10 months and 16 days, leaving behind the statistics of the former Barcelona player.

From less to more

Vinicius arrived at Real Madrid in the 2018/2019 season and despite the fact that in his first two seasons his performance was not what was expected, today he is a fundamental player in attack, making a perfect pair with Benzema.

While Karim gives presence in the area and helps in the construction playing from behind, Vinicius gives speed and balance to the attack. The former Flamengo player was consolidated in the second stage of Zinedine Zidane.