After Thursday night’s conclusion of the first leg of the quarterfinals, Olympiacos forward Ayoub El Kaabi is still tied for the most goals scored in the UEFA Europa League (UEL).
According to reports, Bodø/Glimt defeated Lazio 2-0, Rangers played to a 0-0 draw with Athletic Club, Tottenham Hotspur concluded in a 1-1 draw with Frankfurt, and Premier League powerhouse Manchester United drew 2-2 with Lyon.
El Kaabi and Kasper Høgh of Bodø/Glimt are presently tied for the top scorer spot in the Europa League this season.
As they prepare for the second leg of the quarterfinals next week, both players have seven goals apiece.
The top goal scorers in the Europa League right now are listed below:
Ayoub El Kaabi and Kasper Høgh scored seven goals.
Six goals: Youssef En-Nesyri (Fenerbahçe), Barnabás Varga (Ferencváros), Václav Černý (Rangers), Malick Fofana (Lyon), Samu (Porto), and Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray).
Five goals: Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United), Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray), Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club), and Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
Next Thursday is the day of the second leg of the Europa League quarterfinals.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a former defender for Arsenal, does not think Declan Rice’s first free-kick goal in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal versus Real Madrid is very noteworthy.
Bronckhorst contended that if Real Madrid had arranged their defense correctly, Declan Rice’s free-kick goal would have been prevented.
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Bronckhorst mirrored former Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder’s comments during a discussion on Ziggo Sports, saying that Rice’s goal was rather normal for a right-footed player.
Real Madrid’s wall was positioned incorrectly, as goalie Thibaut Courtois was expecting a free-kick from left-footer Bukayo Saka, as Sneijder noted.
Rice was able to effectively shoot around the wall from an angle that normally should have been well-defended because of this error.
“The wall wasn’t positioned correctly for that first goal,” he clarified. The wall was too far to the right because Courtois thought Saka would take it. It shouldn’t be possible for a right-footed player to shoot around the wall from that position.
Bronckhorst said, “I agree with Wesley,” in support of Sneijder’s view. Rice was able to find a way to score since the wall was too far to the right. For a guy in that position, a shot like that ought to be rather simple.
