Marcelo Reaches 500 Matches with Real Madrid

DBasia.news –  Brazilian left back, Marcelo, has reached his 500th match with Real Madrid. This achievement was obtained in the match against Real Zaragoza, Thursday (01/30/2020) AM. Real Madrid managed to win over Real Zaragoza with a score of 4-0 without reply.

Real Madrid advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2019-20 Copa del Rey. Playing at La Romareda, Real Zaragoza headquarters, Real Madrid won 4-0 from goals by Raphael Varane (6 ‘), Lucas Vazquez (32’), Vinicius Junior (72 ‘), and Karim Benzema (79’).

Florentino Perez as President of Real Madrid gave a prize to the 31-year-old defender. A jersey with the number 500 was given to Marcelo after the match.

Reporting from Marca, in detail the player has appeared in Real Madrid in 350 Laliga matches, 97 Champions League matches, 32 Copa del Rey matches, eight Club World Cup matches, nine Spanish Super Cup matches, and four European Super Cup matches. Of the total 500 matches, he won 345 wins.

Marcelo is the ninth player to play 500 matches that had previously been passed by a line of legendary players such as Raul Gonzalez, Iker Casillas, Manolo Sanchis, Sergio Ramos, Fernando Hierro, Guti, Roberto Carlos, and finally Michel.

From this list Marcelo is the second foreign player who is able to play 500 matches with Madrid. Another foreign player is Roberto Carlos who is also from Brazil. Together with Real Madrid, the player who is famous for his thunder kicks was able to perform 527 matches from various competitions.

In the other Real Madrid squad, Karim Benzema has a great chance in following the footsteps of Marcelo. At present, the French striker has made 493 appearances for the club that has won the Champions League 3 times in a row under the tutelage of Zinedine Zidane.