Marcelo will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season! Recall his best game that stunned the world

Marcelo is one of Real Madrid’s greatest modern icons, and many experts rank him alongside Roberto Carlos as the best left-back in history. But he will leave his beloved club after this season.

Marcelo arrived at Real Madrid in 2006 as a 20-year-old youngster and had a difficult task back then. To replace the legendary Roberto Carlos. In hindsight, it has to be said that he succeeded admirably.

He is in his 16th season in the White Ballet jersey, has played over 540 games, scored 41 goals and set up 101, all from the left-back position.

He has won the Champions League four times, dominated the Spanish La Liga five times, won the Spanish Cup twice, the Spanish Super Cup four times, the Club World Cup four times and the UEFA Super Cup three times.

But now comes the end of an era. the 33-year-old Brazilian’s contract expires at the end of the season and it is already certain that he will not be renewed. This is because Marcelo’s performances have dropped quite a lot in recent years, he has lost his post to Ferland Mendy and he is not getting much more into the game.

There was a lot of speculation about his departure back in the summer, but Marcelo stayed and became Real Madrid’s captain. Given his position, he’s rather non-playing, but he’s not complaining about his role at all, helping his younger teammates and enjoying his last year at his beloved club.

Brazilian media speculates that Marcelo should return to Fluminense, from where he left for Spain. The Los Blancos heartthrob would thus only play for two clubs in his career.

The shaggy left-footed defender has played many amazing years, seasons and games. However, one season and one game towers above them all. The 2016/17 season and the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich. Back then, Marcelo was literally flying around the Santiago Bernabéu and was absolutely unstoppable.

This season was also the most successful of Marcelo’s career, he accumulated a 3+13 record, won the Champions League, La Liga, the Club World Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the Club World Cup with Real Madrid.

Los Blancos took a 2-1 lead to Madrid from the Allianz Arena, while Bayern Munich, led by Lewandowski, Robben and Ribéry, went to fight for the final. But all their dreams were shattered by the Brazilian ball wizard.

If you don’t remember that game, these stunning numbers might remind you. Marcelo completed 9 successful dribbles, sent 13 centres into the box, devised 8 key passes, stopped the ball twice on the goal line and scored a magnificent assist.

Marcelo’s performance against Bayern was later hailed as the best performance by a left-back in history. Just take a look for yourself.

Source: Livesport, Youtube, Transfermarkt