Despite Flamengo’s elimination, a promising member of the club is attracting attention by leading the rankings in the Club World Cup
Flamengo was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Club World Cup due to a 4-2 defeat to Bayern Munich on Sunday (29/6) and has already returned to Brazil. However, the performance of a 20-year-old promise from the Rio de Janeiro club caught attention, so much so that he still leads a ranking.
Born in Rio de Janeiro on February 8, 2005, Wallace Yan was the big news for Flamengo in the Club World Cup. The youth product of the red-and-black team was called up by Filipe Luís in three matches and scored two goals, exceeding expectations, as he was Flamengo’s top scorer in the tournament.
And he also stands out in one statistic among all the other players in the competition. Wallace Yan is the player who needed the fewest minutes to score goals in the Club World Cup: 18, as the Flamengo striker was on the field for 36 minutes in three matches and scored two goals – against Chelsea and Los Angeles FC.
Who can overtake Wallace Yan in this ranking?
The player who comes closest to Wallace Yan in this regard is Jamal Musiala, Bayern Munich’s star player. The 22-year-old German midfielder is struggling with physical problems and has only played 72 minutes, but has already scored three goals, that is, one goal every 24 minutes. Therefore, for Musiala to equal Wallace Yan, the Bayern player must reduce his goal frequency per minute from 24 to 18. To do so, he would have to score two goals in the quarterfinals against Paris Saint-Germain, playing for only 18 minutes.
The other way for the Flamengo striker not to finish the World Cup in the lead is if a player who has few minutes in the tournament scores goals in this final stretch of the competition. In the meantime, the goal-scoring instinct of the promising Flamengo player leads one of the offensive rankings of the Club World Cup.
