DBasia.news – After the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish LaLiga Giant, Real Madrid has actually received a decent compensation thanks to Mariano Diaz. Amazingly, this star successfully defeated the legendary player.
Mariano (26 years old) strengthened Real Madrid in the second period since 2018 when he was recruited for 23 million euros. Madrid has 35 percent ownership rights at Olympique Lyonnais and recruited him at a relatively low price.
Two years at Real Madrid, Mariano Diaz’s fate did not improve. He is still a reserve player or coating for Benzema, especially after the club spent 60 million euros to recruit Luka Jovic from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019.
Injuries also disrupted their development. Nevertheless Mariano rarely appeared disappointing when trusted to play by Zidane. On March 2, Mariano scored one goal when Madrid won 2-0 over Barcelona – another goal scored by Vinicius Junior.
That was Mariano’s 10th goal in a total of 37 matches or 962 minutes, meaning he played less than 30 percent of the time he was likely to play. Mariano played an average of 26.38 minutes per match and scored 10 goals. The record is impressive.
Mariano became Real Madrid’s fastest player who scored 10 goals beyond club legends such as: Karim Benzema, Raul Gonzalez, Emilio Butragueno, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alfredo Di Stefano, and Ferenc Puskas.
Here are Real Madrid’s fastest players who reached 10 goals calculated from the number of matches, minutes played, and minutes of goals per match.
1. Mariano Diaz: 37 goals – 976 minutes – 26.38 minutes
2. Karim Benzema: 37 goals – 1,827 minutes – 49.29 minutes
3. Gonzalo Higuain: 55 goals – 2,758 minutes – 50.15 minutes
4. Fernando Morientes: 15 goals – 760 minutes – 50.67 minutes
5. Raul Gonzalez: 29 goals – 1,705 minutes – 58.79 minutes
6. Gareth Bale: 20 goals – 1,234 minutes – 61.70 minutes
7. Emilio Butragueno: 31 goals – 1,993 minutes – 64.29 minutes
8. Cristiano Ronaldo: 31 goals – 1,993 minutes – 69.39 minutes
9. Ronaldo Nazario: 21 goals – 1,584 minutes – 75.43 minutes
Even in LaLiga, the efficiency of Mariano’s record could only be surpassed by Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi. Mariano scores every 115 minutes on average, while Messi – since Mariano returned to play – scores 55 goals in 4,600 minutes, averaging goals every 84 minutes. Here are the full details reported from Marca:
1. Lionel Messi: 55 goals – 4,600 minutes – 84 minutes per goal
2. Mariano: 4 goals – 461 minutes – 115 minutes per goal
3. Luis Suarez: 32 goals – 4,105 minutes – 128 minutes per goal
4. Charles Dias: 19 goals – 2,669 minutes – 140 minutes per goal
5. Christian Stuani: 19 goals – 2,731 minutes – 144 minutes per goal
6. Karim Benzema: 35 goals – 5,181 minutes – 148 minutes per goal
7. Roger Marti: 14 goals – 3,562 minutes – 148 minutes per goal
8. Alexander Isak: 7 goals – 1,055 minutes – 157 minutes per goal
9. Wissam Ben Yedder: 18 goals – 2,819 minutes – 157 minutes per goal
10. Iago Aspas: 29 goals – 4,588 minutes – 158 minutes per goal