Setting a passing record at FC Bayern Munich, if your name isn’t Joshua Kimmich, is basically impossible.

The midfield star has dominated all passing statistics for the German record champions in every competition for years. Maybe that will change after tonight.

Allow us to introduce: Aleksandar Pavlović. The 21-year-old made an incredible 150 successful passes in today’s 2-0 victory for Bayern against Union Saint-Gilloise. Since the beginning of detailed data collection, according to ‘Opta’, no Bayern player has ever achieved this in the Champions League. Not Xabi Alonso, not Bastian Schweinsteiger, not Mark van Bommel, not Thiago, nor Philipp Lahm.

Yes, even Joshua Kimmich has to take a moment to process that.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

📸 VIRGINIE LEFOUR – Belgaimage