George Ilenikhena continues to rack up records. Having become the youngest French goalscorer in the history of the Champions League last December, when he played for Belgian club Antwerp, the Franco-Nigerian striker is now AS Monaco’s youngest goalscorer in the Champions League. He has thus overtaken a certain Kylian Mbappé, who scored his first goal at 18 years and 63 days old. That was on February 21, 2017 at Manchester City, the day the football world discovered the prodigy. Ilenikhena is 29 days younger, and gave his club a prestigious victory against the Blaugranas.
“I do everything to score against every team”
Named man of the match, the striker did not hide his happiness. “I am very happy, proud of the team, we all put in a great performance together, even if they were down to ten, because we did everything we could to make them down to ten,” he told Canal +. With a team like that, we can go very far. We all work together in training. In the collective, everyone is smiling, it’s a pleasure. I do everything I can to score against each team, today I was lucky enough to score, I am very happy.”
FC Barcelona is doing him well. Because it was already against the Blaugranas that the Monaco striker scored his goal with Antwerp. A few months earlier, George Ilenikhena had set the record for the youngest player to play in Ligue 2, with Amiens. He was then only 16 years and 147 days old. Three days later, he became the youngest scorer in the French second division. Transferred by AS Monaco for 17 million euros, he continues to impress, and could be valuable in this Champions League.
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