… getting across his man to finish first time with his weaker left foot. Ramos stays on the blind side of defender Abakar Sylla but makes a darting run to the near post as Grimaldo drives it across goal… It is rare to see a prolific goalscorer possess an archetypal goal, but a lot of Ramos’ strikes this season have followed a similar pattern - a one-touch finish at the near post.Īgainst Club Bruges in the Champions League in March, Ramos is hovering at the far post as Fredrik Aursnes looks to play the ball to the overlapping left-back Alex Grimaldo.
Ramos has played as a deeper second striker - drawing comparisons with Thomas Muller - in the past, but Benfica’s number 88 was used almost exclusively as an out-and-out striker in a 4-2-3-1 for Roger Schmidt’s title-winning side this campaign. They were knocked out in the last eight by eventual finalists Inter Milan. The 21-year-old’s seven goals in 14 Champions League games (including qualifiers) this season helped Benfica reach the quarter-finals of Europe’s premier club competition, after topping a group containing Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus and beating Club Bruges in the round of 16. To highlight how quickly he adapts to each new challenge, it is worth mentioning that Ramos scored for Benfica’s juniors, under-23s, B team and the first team in a single season (2019-20) as his development soared. The Portuguese starlet has made light work of becoming Benfica’s main man this season and has made each step up look easy since he joined the club’s Seixal academy when he was 13 years old. Ramos, who finished the season with 27 goals for Benfica in all competitions, now has many admirers across Europe - but which of his on-field traits are the most impressive?Īlong with centre-back Antonio Silva, Ramos is the latest academy product in Benfica’s long production line of talent. He played twice in the groups and then netted a hat-trick on his first international start during an emphatic 6-1 win against Switzerland in the round of 16 - after replacing Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal’s starting line-up.
And for many, those performances in Qatar were a first introduction to Ramos’ skill set. The 21-year-old made a blistering start to the 2022-23 campaign, bagging nine goals in 11 league starts to earn himself a place in the Portugal squad for the 2022 World Cup. The man who filled the goalscoring void? Goncalo Ramos. Last June, Liverpool pounced to bring Darwin Nunez to the Premier League after a 26-goal haul in Primeira Liga, which left the Portuguese club in desperate need of a player to replace his attacking output.
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