Pepe steals Totti’s record in Champions League

Pepe grew to become the oldest participant to attain a aim in Champions League historical past on Tuesday, taking the report away from Roma legend Francesco Totti.

The Italian held the report for over 9 years after scoring his last Champions League aim in a 1-1 draw with CSKA Moscow on November 25, 2014, discovering the again of the web on the age of 38 years and 59 days outdated.

Pepe discovered the again of the web within the dying minutes of Porto’s 2-0 win over Royal Antwerp of their Champions League conflict on Tuesday night. The Portuguese centre again scored on the age of 40 years and 254 days outdated, taking Totti’s report.

The opposite oldest Champions League scorers embrace Ryan Giggs, Filip Inzaghi, Javier Zanetti, Luka Modric, Edin Dzeko, Olivier Giroud, Laurent Blanc and Paolo Maldini.

Maldini is the oldest goalscorer in a Champions League last, discovering the again of the web on the age of 36 years, 10 months and 29 days.