Mayra Madrigal
Julián Álvarez made history in River Plate’s 8-1 win over Alianza Lima at the close of the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage, as they were not one, not two, not three goals, but six goals: he became the first player from the millionaire institution to score that number of goals in an official match.
In addition, the Argentine player matched his compatriot Juan Carlos Sánchez’s record for the most goals in a Copa Libertadores match, which Sánchez established in 1985 while playing for Blooming from Bolivia.
Álvarez scored at minutes 15′, 18′, 41′, 54′, 57′ and 83′. Here, we leave you a video with his six annotations:
The euphoria for the goals of the young star of the “Millonario” team was just an extra for the fans, since his team confirmed its participation in the round of 16 of the international competition, being the leader of Group F with 16 points. The team led by Marcelo Gallardo did not lose throughout the group stage and were the only undefeated team in their sector.
How many goals did the Argentine player score in the Copa Libertadores group stage?
Julián Álvarez had not registered goals in this edition of the Copa Libertadores, until Wednesday night, so the six goals are the only ones to his name in the championship, plus two assists.
And even though everything is hunky-dory at the moment in Núñez’s squad, they are also overcome with nostalgia since after the round of 16 they will have to let their star player go.
Julián Álvarez is ready to share the pitch with Erling Haaland
This summer, the Argentine player will go to the Premier League to play with Manchester City, so he will be a teammate of the Norwegian Erling Haaland.
The story of his six goals has already spread around the globe, and England is eagerly anticipating his arrival with the same zeal as Haaland’s. Even the newspaper The Sun dared to post a cover with the image of Álvarez, with the question “Haaland who?”.
His trip to England is near, and he will have to make room in his suitcase to place the two balls he kept after his double hat-trick, and perhaps he will take some more.
