Karim Benzema is irresistible. Decisive in Real Madrid’s qualifiers at the expense of Paris Saint-Germain last Wednesday in the round of 16 of the Champions League, the Real Madrid striker was once again decisive in his team’s victory. meringue Monday 14 March in Mallorca (0-3). Double author (76 and 81), Benzema erased Thierry Henry from the records to become the best French scorer in history, in all competitions. The top scorer in La Liga has now scored 413 goals. Bernard Lacombe was also robbed of the title of top scorer of the three colors in history in the five major European championships (257 against 255).
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Real Madrid Club March 14, 2022
In exceptional form, the France national team striker scored his 31 and 32 goals this season (22 in La Liga, top scorer in the league), all in 34 matches. Benzema showed all his class by starting his historic evening with a assist – his eleventh of the season, once again the best total in La Liga – to Vinicius, his luxury right arm this season (55th place). The player who trained at Olympique Lyonnais about a penalty kick after a new spark from the French-Brazilian duo (76): an acceleration from a lock-up and a whistle obtained by “Finny”. Five minutes later, “KB9” scored his second goal of the evening with a header beyond the reach of Sergio Rico, goalkeeper Mallorcan on loan from Paris Saint-Germain.
Efficiency, technique, intelligence of the game, Karim Benzema showed again in the first half everything that makes him the greatest player in the history of French football. The 34-year-old returned to Thierry Henry with his extraordinary hat-trick against the Parisian club last Wednesday, which also gave him a place on the podium for the most prolific player in Real Madrid’s history.
In detail, Karim Benzema has now scored 311 goals with the Spanish club (in 593 matches), 66 goals with OL and 36 with the French national team. And his place in the history books may still be far from established. His 32 goals in all competitions equaled his record in one season with FC Madrid, which was founded ten years ago, in 2011-2012. His 11th pass in the league is also a record, created in 2012-2013, when we were just in mid-March. Simply brutal.
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Real manages perfectly after Paris Saint-Germain!
A 3-0 win was carried by Benzema, a double scorer and a crucial pass to Vinicius, before leaving with a calf injury.
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Karim Benzema is now only 12 goals behind legend Raul to become Real’s second-best scorer in history, a reasonable distance behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s record. The Portuguese striker’s mark from Manchester United in the Champions League (140, versus 79 for his former teammate) is also within reach. But Benzema can hope to return to Bayern Munich’s number nine, Robert Lewandowski, the current third in the rankings at C1 and very successful this season. Simply brutal.
The only downside on this perfect evening so far has been Karim Benzema’s header and he had to give up and hit him in the calf. “Karim (Benzema) felt uncomfortable while jumping. He’s out, now we have to see if he can recover on Sunday.”Carlo Ancelotti explained. Six days before El Clasico against Barcelona, his absence will be a blow to the Italian coach’s coaching. At least she will be able to console herself by increasing her lead at the top of the Spanish championship (ten points over Seville, fifteen over Barcelona) thanks to her success on Saturday in the Balearic Islands. But also by the joy of having a top-tier player in his ranks to rise to the top.
