Journalist for the respected French publication Le Parisien Laurent Perrin I appreciated the performance of the Ukrainian national team defender Ilya Zabarny After moving to PSG:

“Did the attempt to sign Zabarny fail? It’s too early to say. He’s only been here for five months and he’s 23, which is pretty young for a centre-back where experience is so important.

He played only ten minutes against Sporting in Lisbon (1:2), but Alisson Santos easily overtook him in one of the segments. What can be said for sure today?

Zabarny was too slow to play as a right-back and Luis Enrique did him no favors by playing him on the wing.

As for the rest, let’s give it a little more time. One thing is clear: those who believed that Zabarny would oust Marquinhos from the starting eleven are now silent.

Even if the Ukrainian player improves his position and his game by playing with other attacking players, he will no longer be able to gain speed. This is the real problem.

We still remember the terrible one-on-one match he had with Mbappe during the French team’s second goal against the Ukrainian team in early September. That day we saw exactly what distinguishes a Ukrainian from a high level (lack of speed),” Perren concluded.

Zabarny played 23 matches at club level this season and scored one goal in these matches. The 23-year-old defender’s contract expires in June 2030 and his transfer fee is 50 million euros.

Benfica’s coach José Mourinho He started talking about the Eagles’ Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoly Trubine After his team lost (0:2) in the match against Juventus in the 7th round of the Champions League.

“The team, starting with Trubin, is playing well, attacking, coming out of pressure areas and even coming out beautifully, because I have seen things that really come out aesthetically – of course we implemented it too.

The team has been playing very well lately, from the first base, even from Trubin, who, as you know, was not a very big player in the construction of the game. The team finds a solution, it knows how to get out of defence, it knows how to gain a foothold in the opposition half, it knows how to press the opponent towards the goal,” said Jose.

In the current Champions League, Benfica sit in 29th place with six points after seven matches.

Barcelona’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski He scored a goal for the 15th time in a row in the Champions League.

This happened in the 7th round match, where Barcelona defeated Slavia away with a score of 4:2.

This goal was Pole’s first goal of the season and his 106th goal in the tournament.

Having scored goals in 15 consecutive seasons, Lewandowski is behind Karim Benzema (18), Lionel Messi (18) and Cristiano Ronaldo (16).

Players with the most consecutive seasons in which they scored the most goals in the Champions League:

• 18 – Karim Benzema (France)
• 18 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 16 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 15 – Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

Goals scored by Robert Lewandowski in the Champions League per season (106):

• 2011/12 – 1 (Borussia Dortmund)
• 2012/13 – 10 (Borussia Dortmund)
• 2013/14 – 6 (Borussia Dortmund)
• 2014/15 – 6 (Bayern)
• 2015/16 – 9 (Bayern)
• 2016/17 – 8 (Bayern)
• 2017/18 – 5 (Bayern)
• 2018/19 – 8 (Bayern)
• 2019/20 – 15 (Bayern)
• 2020/21 – 5 (Bayern)
• 2021/22 – 13 (Bayern)
• 2022/23 – 5 (Barcelona)
• 2023/24 – 3 (Barcelona)
• 2024/25 – 11 (Barcelona)
• 2025/26 – 1 (Barcelona)

The top scorers in Champions League history:

• 140 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 129 – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 106 – Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

Lewandowski is in an elite company 👏#UCL pic.twitter.com/Kj2WrD4mvx

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 21, 2026