We are only talking about the situation after the reform and expansion of the Champions League, so don't go to the ancient to catch the gods of Stefano and Puskas. Since the beginning of the new century, the most goals scored in the Champions League final have been Cristiano Ronaldo, with a total of 4 goals, including one at Manchester United and three at Real Madrid. Accumulating goals in a Champions League final is a luxury. Let's take a look at the two favorable conditions for Ronaldo to set this record.
First, score early. In the Champions League final of the 07-08 season, Ronaldo was only 23 years old when he scored for Manchester United. At such a young age, he has already begun to accumulate this data, and the foundation is very good.
Second, catch up with the golden age of a top giant. We're talking about Real Madrid, of course. From the 1314 season to the 1718 season, Real Madrid reached the Champions League final four times in five years. Obviously, if you want to accumulate this data, you must have enough games, otherwise, how can you have a chance to score goals? Unless you can be like Salenko in the 94 World Cup, catch Cameroon and beat him violently, scoring 5 goals alone, and get enough data in one game. But how can the group stage of the World Cup be compared to the Champions League final? Today's Champions League is so involuted, how easy is it to have a big score like Real Madrid's 7:3 defeat of Eintracht Frankfurt in the black and white period?
Of course, records are meant to be broken, and to be honest, Ronaldo's 4-goal stats are not unbreakable. If in the next few years, there is another player who catches up with the good times and good luck, and meets the two conditions mentioned above at the same time, then it is not impossible to break this record. In fact, Bale, who has been a teammate with Ronaldo for several years, almost broke his record. Bale has also caught up with this golden era of Real Madrid, although Bale has not been the main force like Ronaldo, but he can be called Mr. Big Scene, every time he reaches the Champions League final, he has played against the sky. So, in those years, Bale also accumulated 3 Champions League final goals. Since the turn of the millennium, Bale has been second only to Cristiano Ronaldo in this statistic.
Players of the same period as Cristiano Robert are either old or far away from European football, so there is basically no chance to break this record. In recent years, the involution of the Champions League final has become more and more powerful, and there has been a score of 1:0 for 4 consecutive seasons. Obviously, this is very bad for a single player to break the record. However, among them, we can intercept the data of one person, and he does have a chance to break Ronaldo's record.
Let's find out from these 1:0s. Rodri, who played a role last season, was a midfielder and could not have been consistent. In the same way, Havertz in the 20-21 season will not be able to continue to score goals. Further back, Kingsley Coman, although he is more forward, is not very young.
Therefore, in the 2122 Champions League final, the bear who scored the only goal is the person we want to talk about today.
First of all, in terms of age, the bear who scored the goal at that time was only 22 years old, which was younger than the age when Ronaldo scored his first goal in the Champions League final.
What's more, the Cubs are currently catching up with another golden era for Real Madrid. Since the 2021 season, Real Madrid have reached the semi-finals in four consecutive seasons and two finals, which is already a bit of a sign from 2014 to 2018. It is foreseeable that in the next few years, Real Madrid will reach the Champions League final many times, which is really not a small probability event. Although the bear is a winger, he is not incompetent for the center forward position, and he always plays well in key moments, otherwise he would not have scored the only goal against Liverpool.
Therefore, the Cubs do have a chance to break Ronaldo's record.
Let's start with this season's Champions League final. If the Cubs score again, or even score a brace, then breaking the record is really not a luxury.