The deadliest version of Karim Benzemawhich prompted the real Madrid in Champions of returns to the last edition and his first golden ballwas unleashed on the qualifiers of the most prestigious tournament with a series of preferred victims of the English identity, which is a Chelsea who scored six goals in five matches.
Karim made Chelsea his favorite prey in Europe thanks to his run to two quarterfinal matches in the Champions League. A year ago, in the first leg in London, he guided the real Madrid in his first win against the ‘blues’ with a hat-trick in a clash he led in extra time at the stadium Santiago Bernabeu.
Reuniting on this course, in the same round but changing the order in the stadiums, the French striker did not miss his appointment with the goal of breaking a game that was sentenced Marco Asensio. It was his sixth goal in five games against Chelsea, the team where he has the best average in the Champions League (1.2 goals per game).
It just marks more Liverpool, seven goals, but in the greater number of confrontations, eight. In City of Manchester he scored six goals in seven games and in united, one of four games. The first three teams of Benzema’s favorite victims are English. He scored up to 20 goals in 27 games against clubs in this country, and 17 against German teams.
A statistic he shot last season with seven goals heading into the final of Real Madrid where his captain always appeared in decisive moments. He scored in all the qualifiers. In the only loss in Paris against PSG (1-0), he was unable to do so. He retaliated by returning a historic triple in 17 minutes. Repeatedly triplet in Stamford Bridge and scored on the quarter turn. He made a double at etihad and defeated Manchester City in the semifinals with a penalty in extra time.
This course, the irregularity with which Benzema starred in the early part of the season and various minor injuries, meant that he did not score any goals in a group stage in which he played four games. The moment of truth arrived and it opened in style at Anfield, with a double in Liverpool and gave victory in the round of 16 with a goal.
In this way, Benzema has scored 34 goals in 66 Champions League knockout games (up to ten last season), with the following distribution: 17 goals in 28 rounds of 16 games; 8 of 17 in the quarterfinals; 8 of 16 in semifinals; one of the five finals. They reflect the evolution of a deadly player who has always been there Champions as his favorite competition, with better statistics than other tournaments played with Real Madrid.
Lewandowski will soon be hunted down
Of the 90 goals the French striker has scored in the competition, according to data from BeSoccer, 37.7% have come in the qualifying rounds. He is just one goal away from chasing the 91 goals of Robert Lewandowski and get on the podium of two legends that seemed out of reach, Cristiano Ronaldo (140 goals) and Leo Messi (129), until the scoring explosion of Erling Haaland that he is on his way to breaking all goalscoring records.
With Benzema leading the way, Real Madrid approach the visit to Stamford Bridge with greater composure. The statistics indicate that the Spanish team has scored in their last fifteen matches in the Champions League and Karim is their guarantee of a year equal to the record of Messi, by scoring in 18 consecutive seasons in the competition and becoming the first to do so in 19 consecutive calendar years according to UEFA data.
Source: La Verdad
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