Karim Benzema scores the 300th Real Madrid goal against Valencia on Saturday Night.
The player in the spotlight:
Name: Karim Benzema
Age: 34
Country: France
Benzema’s Stats 2021/22
Goal: 17
Assists: 7
French superstar Karim Benzema bagged a landmark goal during Real Madrid’s LaLiga win over Valencia at the Santiago Bernabeu on
Saturday.
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema scored his 300th goal in all competitions for the club in Saturday’s 4-1 LaLiga win over Valencia.
Just before half-time at the Santiago Bernabeu, a penalty saw the France international bring up the landmark.
Before he added a second late on to take his tally to 22 goals in 25 games this season.
Benzema reached the impressive figure in just 584 appearances for Los Merengues, becoming the fourth player to reach that milestone in the club’s history after Cristiano Ronaldo (450), Raul (323) and Alfredo Di Stefano (308).
The 34-year-old joined Real Madrid from Lyon in 2009 and has won four Champions League titles, four FIFA Club World Cups, three LaLiga titles and two Copas del Rey.
Benzema had a fine 2021, getting 30 goals for his club and winning the Nations League with France, scoring the opener as Les Bleus beat Spain 2-1 in the final in October.
He was one of the best players in Euro 2020, where he scored four goals in 4 games.
But unfortunately, Switzerland beats France on penalties in the Round of 16.
Benzema scored two brilliant goals and later got substituted, but Switzerland scored two after he went out. Hence, his international comeback ended up being a disappointment.
The most underrated striker of all time:
Despite being in Real Madrid for more than 12 years, his teammates have overshadowed Karim Benzema, Especially his Partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel di Maria and Mesut Ozil.
Karim Benzema did the dirty work in the Number 9 position, enabling Cristiano Ronaldo to be the Best Goal-scorer in Real Madrid.
Since the departure of Ronaldo and injuries to Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema has become the focal point of the team. and he’ll keep his place at the starting Line-up until he decides to leave that position.
Apart from Goal Scoring His ball-control, Work-rate, Professionalism, made Benzema the Perfect striker of his generation.
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