Legionaries of the Ukraine national team in the 2021/2022 club season: Roman Yaremchuk

It's hard to characterize the debut season of Ukraine's national team attacker Roman Yaremchuk at Portuguese "Benfica" in one word.

Legionaries of the Ukraine national team in the 2021/2022 club season: Roman Yaremchuk

On one hand, our forward participated in all the tournaments where the «Eagles» played and overall made 43 appearances for them. He also played exactly as many games during the 2020/2021 season when he was with Belgian «Gent». On the other hand, his goal-scoring productivity dropped significantly. While in Belgium last season Roman scored 31 points on the «goal+assist» system (23+8), in Portugal it was only 15 (9+6). However, it is important to note that this was his debut in a new league and also a higher level of expectations, opponents, and matches.

Out of the four tournaments where «Benfica» played, Yaremchuk scored goals in two — in the Portuguese league and the UEFA Champions League. But among his victims were such teams as «Porto», «Ajax», «Liverpool», and Kyiv's «Dynamo»…

If nothing unexpected happens, one can say with a small degree of optimism that the second season for the Ukrainian player in Portugal will be more productive. In any case, we all hope so.