Brazil started the FIFA Club World Cup with the highest number of players: 142, leaving Argentina (102) in second place.
And this fact is being justified, as it is the nation that has scored the most goals in the competition so far.
The number of contributions in the round of 16 caught attention.
Paulinho (Palmeiras), Hércules (Fluminense), Malcom (Al-Hilal), and Marcos Leonardo (twice with Al-Hilal) helped Brazil take the lead.
There was a tie with Argentina before this stage.
But the Argentinians only celebrated twice in the first knockout round: with Dí María (Benfica) and Cano (Fluminense).
The scorer of Monterrey’s goal against Dortmund, Berteráme, was born in Argentina but plays for the Mexican national team. Therefore, he was not included in the list.
The same goes for Jorginho from Flamengo, who represented Italy.
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All the 🇧🇷 who scored:
Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal) – 3 goals
Igor Jesus (Botafogo) – 2 goals
Wallace Yan (Flamengo) – 2 goals
Paulinho (Palmeiras) – 2 goals
Luiz Araújo (Flamengo) – 1 goal
Danilo (Flamengo) – 1 goal
Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) – 1 goal
Gerson (Flamengo) – 1 goal
Nonato (Fluminense) – 1 goal
Keno (Fluminense) – 1 goal
Hércules (Fluminense) – 1 goal
Mauricio (Palmeiras) – 1 goal
Malcom (Al-Hilal) – 1 goal
Lucas Ribeiro (Mamelodi Sundowns) – 1 goal
Savinho (Manchester City) – 1 goal
Vini Jr (Real Madrid) – 1 goal
William Gomes (Porto) – 1 goal
⚽ And the race for top scorer?
Leading is Di María, who scored four goals. All from penalty kicks.
However, Benfica was eliminated in the round of 16, which means the midfielder will be hoping (a lot) that several competitors don’t catch up.
There are ELEVEN players with three goals. And SEVEN of them are still in the competition.
🇦🇷 Di María – Benfica – 4 goals
🇹🇷 Yıldız – Juventus – 3 goals
🏴 Foden – City – 3 goals
🇳🇴 Haaland – City – 3 goals
🏴 Kane – Bayern – 3 goals
🇧🇷 Marcos Leonardo – Al-Hilal – 3 goals
🇩🇪 Musiala – Bayern – 3 goals
🇵🇹 Pedro Neto – Chelsea – 3 goals
🇫🇷 Olise – Bayern – 3 goals
🇦🇪 Abou Ali – Al-Ahly – 3 goals
🇪🇸 Gonzalo García – Real Madrid – 3 goals
🇬🇳 Guirassy – Borussia Dortmund – 3 goals
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
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