Real Madrid star becomes first top-5 league player to hit 50-game mark for the season | OneFootball

Real Madrid star Federico Valverde has on Sunday secured for himself an altogether impressive top-5 league benchmark.

This comes owing to his appearance in the club’s latest outing.

Real Madrid are of course currently locked in action, on the domestic front.

Sandwiched between a pair of Champions League fixtures against Arsenal, Los Blancos have made the trip to Mendizorroza, for a La Liga meeting with Deportivo Alavés.

As things stand late in proceedings in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Carlo Ancelotti’s troops lead by a solitary goal, owing to a strike on the part of Eduardo Camavinga.

The aforementioned Valverde proved himself central in as much, laying on the assist for Camavinga’s goal.

The Uruguayan was afforded his latest starting berth on Sunday, returning to his customary berth in the middle of the park.

And as alluded to above, owing to as much, Valverde clinched an impressive benchmark.

As revealed by statisticians Opta:

‘Real Madrid’s Fede Valverde is the player in the Top 5 European leagues who has made the most appearances this season in all competitions (50) and started the most matches (47, like Tielemans and Dalot).’

Conor Laird – GSFN