Sporting starter shines, tops the Champions League for tackles | OneFootball

Despite Sporting’s elimination in the Champions League quarter-finals, Maxi Araújo was one of the team’s standout players throughout the European campaign. Particularly impressive in the tie against Arsenal, the Uruguayan international stood out with very complete performances.

Looking at the competition as a whole, the Sporting wing-back has posted top-level numbers, along with a world-class defensive statistic, clearly leading that category at this stage of the international tournament.

In the ranking, Maxi Araújo is in first place with 43 tackles. He is followed by Alejandro Grimaldo with 38 and Anan Khailalli with 34, completing the podium. Santiago Mouriño appears in fourth place with 31 tackles, while Kamiel van de Perre occupies fifth place with 30.

In the remaining positions of the top 10, Matteo Ruggeri is sixth with 30 tackles, Kevin Mac Allister is seventh with 29, Marcos Llorente is eighth with 29, Nathaniel Brown is ninth with 28, and Samuel Dahl rounds off the list in tenth place with 28 tackles.

This season for Sporting, Maxi Araújo — valued at €25 million — has made 39 appearances: 23 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, 11 in the UEFA Champions League, three in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup and one in the Super Cup. In the 3,102 minutes he has been on the pitch, the wing-back has scored six goals and provided four assists.

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