The number 9 suits him like never before. Darwin Nunez has finally convinced the most demanding, among Benfica fans and not only, and even those who have some doubt do not believe that he is able to overcome the barrier of quality / price ratio – his cost of 24 million euros, which made him the most expensive player in the history of Benfica.

The second season with an eagle on his chest is 20 for the Uruguayan player, who definitely won the title in the Benfica team and managed to keep his goal with Jorge Jesus and Nelson Verissimo, showing no sign of not adapting to the tactical change imposed by the new coach – from the three defense line, The team moved to a line of four defenders.

Darwin plays and scores goals like never before: 25 goals in 30 games in all competitions, but above all the 20-minute shots in 20 matches played in La Liga are the most impressive and which, of course, doubled in the match against V. Guimarães, on Sunday. Scored from the head and from the penalty spot.

Darwin has hit 20 goals in 20 games and only in this century has Jonas fared better than him, in 2015/2016 (20 games he had 21 league goals), and 2017/2018 (in his 20th championship game he scored 24 goals) . The same Brazilian, who had already given up football, managed to score more than one goal at the end of the league: 34 goals in 30 games in the 2017/2018 season (1.13). In 2015/2016, he had 32 shots per minute in 34 games, as much as he was there to play. By the way, Jonas reached 20 shots on goal in the 2014/2015 championship, but in 27 challenges.

The Brazilian has twice won a Bola de Prata, the trophy that marks the league’s top scorer, in the above seasons, but there are other 21st century winners, such as Cardozo and Svirovic, who were unable to deliver an average like this. As a current Uruguayan footballer. He’s 22 years old, one goal per game.

The Benfica player occupies a prominent place among the top scorers in the main European leagues – we chose the first in the UEFA classification – but in the Bundesliga there are those who score more and faster: Lewandowski (Bayern), who will be (28 goals, see table). Also in Germany there is a player to score like Darwin: Patrick Schick, from Bayer Leverkusen: 20 games, 20 goals. Names such as Benzema, Salah and Vlahovic (the most expensive in the January window, 70 million euros to replace Fiorentina for Juventus), follow Darwin.

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