Ramos: soul of 'nine'

The last eleven days of LaLiga, which came after confinement due to the coronavirus health crisis, revealed the most pointed version of Sergio Ramos: Six goals in eleven games, one of the best gunners in the final stretch of the championship, at the same level as Messi and only one goal below Benzema. Obviously benefited by his role as a penalty taker, but not exclusively; He also appeared as an improvised center forward (Eibar), as the expert header that he is (Leganés) or as a great direct free-kick shooter (Mallorca). The captain, who has also shown his best tone in defensive tasks, is a central defender with the soul of 'nine' and has shown himself vital to conquer League 34.

At the moment he has 13 goals this year, 11 of them in LaLiga; has finished the domestic championship in the Top-10 scorers, equaled with Roger, Willian José, Cazorla, Lucas Pérez, Joselu, Mata … All of them more accustomed to having a fluid relationship with the goal. It is not a new phenomenon, it ended last season with 11 goals and 2016-17 with ten (the latter also, with the added merit that penalties and fouls were almost exclusively owned by Cristiano). In his first four seasons, his goal average per course was six goals; in the last four, it is 9.75 points per course.

More goals by Neymar or Ronaldinho

This season he gave himself the pleasure of beating Ronald Koeman to become the top scorer in LaLiga history; at the moment, the account is for 72 goals (Fernando Hierro accumulates 105, but he cannot be included in the list having played several seasons as a midfielder, in a position much closer to the goal). With his 72 goals, Ramos has seen more goals in LaLiga than Diego Costa (71), Ronaldinho (70), Neymar (68), Koeman (67), Figo (66)… And very close to him figures like Schuster (74), Juanito (74), Agüero (74), Joaquín (76) or Bale (80).

And he has the Champions League left, although to be able to expand his account this season he needs a miracle: he saw the red in the first leg of the Champions League final against City at the Bernabéu, so he will not be able to play the return leg in the that Madrid will try to reverse the 1-2 of that duel. In his place Militao will play, accompanying Varane. If the Whites make the comeback, Ramos would have up to three games margin to broaden his target sample for the 2019-20 season. In the Champions League he scores less (0.10 goals per game; 0.15 in the League), but always goals of great importance: Lisbon, Milan, the double in Munich, Naples …