The first quarter-final match of the UEFA Champions League between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at Santiago Bernabeu even before the starting whistle was set to a low value record. The main sensation of the evening was the historic achievement of the young talent of the Vershkovs.

The head coach of the Madrid club, Alvaro Arbeloa, entrusted the place at the starting warehouse to Thiago Pitarch. According to the statistical portal Squawka, with 18 years and 247 days, Pitarch became the youngest player in the history of Real Madrid, who started at the start of the Champions League quarterfinal match. Tsim has broken the legendary record of Raul Gonzalez, which dates back to 1996.

No less significant events took place in the super team’s camp. Goalkeeper and Bayern captain Manuel Noer, who topped the field, equaled Lionel Messi for the most starts for one team in European competition. According to Opta data, for the German goalkeeper this match became the 136th in the starting warehouse of Munich. In front is Iker Casillas, who has 149 such games for Real Madrid.

In addition, as the French resource Stats Foot indicates, it will hold its 69th match in the Champions League playoffs, repeating the achievements of Madrid ex-star Karim Benzema. The absolute leader in this performance is Cristiano Ronaldo (85 matches).

This evening the coach of Bavaria, Vincent Kompany, celebrated the anniversary. This match became for the Belgian Fachian the hundredth of the Munich grandees in all tournaments since he was nominated for landing in Lipney 2024..