November 2023 will be a month that Nico Paz he will never forget in his life: his month official debut with the Real Madrid in the Champions League and in La Liga and also his first goal.
This Wednesday, the 19-year-old Argentine midfielder (born in Spain) scored the partial victory 3-2 Meringue against Napoli in the Champions League, just 20 minutes after replacing Brahim Diaz, thus making his magnificent introduction to the world of football, on top of the continuity he had in Spain and Argentina.
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🚨 🇦🇷 BIG GOAL FROM NICO PAZ!!!
⚽️ It’s his first celebration in the Real Madrid jersey and he’s right on #Champions League
🎥 This is how he made it 3-2 for Merengue against Napoli. Yes, from a movie 🤩pic.twitter.com/RS4wFupJTm
— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐬 Argentina 🇦🇷 (@sportingnewsar) November 29, 2023
Paz has already scored seven goals as a professional for Real Madrid Castilla in the Third Division of Spanish football, but nothing compares to that as he slowly carves out a place in Carlo Ancelotti’s side, helped by all the injuries to his teammates. . And his goal is something strange to see in the Champions League for such a winning club Oregon like Real Madrid.
The thing is It’s been five years since a Real Madrid youngster scored for the club in the Champions League: the last one was Lucas Vasquezstill in the first team, against Roma in November 2018. In the same season he also scored Mariano against Roma, in the group stage, but in September. For Mariano, it was his only Champions League goal with Real Madrid, while Vasquez had scored two more in the previous two seasons.
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Real Madrid closed the year 2009 with participation in the group stage in which he had goals by Raul and Guti, two contemporary icons of their quarry, in what was the last Champions League they both played. Since 2010, very few of Madrid’s young players have been able to score in the competition despite the team’s great success, with five titles and six semi-final eliminations.
Real Madrid youth players with goals for the club in the Champions League since 2010
| Football player | Goals | Last year goal |
|---|---|---|
| Nico Paz | 1 | 2023 |
| Lucas Vasquez | 3 | 2018 |
| Mariano | 1 | 2018 |
| Borja Mayoral | 1 | 2017 |
| Nacho Fernandez | 2 | 2017 |
| Alvaro Morata | 4 | 2017 |
| Jesse | 1 | 2016 |
| Dani Carvajal | 1 | 2015 |
| Alvaro Arbeloa | 3 | 2014 |
| Alvaro Medran | 1 | 2014 |
| Jose Callejon | 7 | 2012 |
