Trained at PSG and then bought by the capital's club in the summer of 2000 for 34 million euros (he only played a season and a half before leaving for England), Nicolas Anelka most certainly appreciated the resounding sacra of Parisians in the Champions League, on May 31 in Munich, at the end of an XXL final against Inter Milan (5-0). It is quite anecdotal, but the former terrible child of French football saw Ousmane Dembélé equal his number of goals scored in C1.
“Dembouz”, suddenly transformed into a prolific scorer, has produced a denying season with the formation of Luis Enrique, ending at 35 goals in 53 matches in all competitions. Faced with the Nerazzurri, he tried to shake the nets (to place himself ever higher in the Golden Ball race), but was satisfied with two assists on the goals of Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
The 2018 world champion is now 20 goals in the Champions League, half with FC Barcelona, the other half with the Red and Blue, and thus catches Anelka. At 28, the Crack of Paris Saint-Germain had the opportunity to return to his former tricolor teammate Olivier Giroud in the coming years.
Two C1 finals for Anelka
Behind a Karim Benzema of a distant French goals in the main European cup, with 90 achievements, Kylian Mbappé exceeded Thierry Henry with 55 goals against 51. Then follow Antoine Griezmann (43 goals), David Trezeguet (29) and Olivier Giroud (25) in front of the pair Anelka-Dembélé. Zinedine Zidane scored 14 goals in the Champions League.
The trapping kid scored a goal with Arsenal in LDC, two with Real Madrid, five with PSG and 12 with Chelsea. European champion in 2000 with Casa Blanca against Valence (3-0)-just before winning the Euro with the Blues-, he lost the 2008 final with Chelsea against Manchester United (1-1, Tab: 6-5). Note that Annelka was the president of ümraniyespor, in Türkiye, for five months last year.
