"Engrave his name on the golden ball": Benzema in the midst of a historic season
The Real Madrid star has scored two consecutive goals in the Champions League and he has 6 goals in 75 minutes at the factory.
Rio Ferdinand stated, the striker was modest: "I also had a big miss."
Courtois: "He's the best number 9 in the world today. And also: all the numbers
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07/04/2022
Thursday, 07 April 2022, 07:56 Updated: 08:23
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Summary: Middlesbrough - Chelsea 2: 0 (Sport 1)
What else has not been said about Karim Benzema?
The French striker of Real Madrid, who for years took refuge in the shadow of the great Cristiano Ronaldo, continued his wonderful season tonight (Wednesday) when he scored a second consecutive hat-trick (!) In his team's 1: 3 over Chelsea and gave Blancos a huge advance towards the quarter-finals. Champions League final in Madrid.
The Frenchman, who with his feet ousted the great Paris Saint-Germain in the previous round, once again presented his repertoire with a pair of punches and another goal with the opening of the second half that broke the European champions, the same team that won the factory last year thanks to 0-2 over the same Real Madrid in the semi-finals.
The striker has reached 37 goals in 36 games, and maybe we are only in April, but he continues to position himself as a very senior candidate for Player of the Year title.
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What a wonderful season.
Karim Benzema (Photo: Reuters)
The reactions
Rio Ferdinand, a former player and English commentator, said what many people think after the game when he declared: "His name should be engraved on the golden ball from now on".
And what did the star of the game have to say?
"I'm very happy for the third goal because I missed a big opportunity before," Benzema said modestly. "We have a lot of confidence in Ancelotti, he's one of the best coaches there is. It was a magical evening. Is the match closed? It's important at the Bernabeu. "
Carlo Ancelotti of course praised his star and said: "We controlled this game and we were dangerous in outbursts. It was a good game, but it's only half the match. We were organized, Benzema was fantastic, but we must not forget that we have a rematch against a team that is European champions."
"What satisfies me most in this win is the courage we had. We responded the ball excellently and were able to take advantage of players like Vinicius and Benzema, who had an ideal evening. It's just the first part of the match and we have to give Chelsea a lot of respect and not be confident."
Thibaut Courtois also praised Benzema when he said: "He is number 9 the best in the world. Too bad I could not stop their goal. It was a very good victory given the circumstances but it did not end, should win at home as well."
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The numbers
* Benzema has become the fourth to score three goals in two games in a row, after Ronaldo (2017), Messi (2016) and Luis Adriano (2014).
* When calculating the hat-trick in the second half against PSG and the hat-trick in the first 46 minutes against Chelsea, Benzema scored a total of 6 goals in 75 minutes in the Champions League.
* He became only the fourth player in the history of the Champions League to score 80 goals or more (81).
Benzema is the first Frenchman to reach the double figures and score 10 goals or more in a season in the Champions League, with the peaks before him being Trezeguet (01/02) F. Bo Bode (17/18) and Ambape (20/21) with 8 each.
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