He real Madrid need the best version of Karim Benzema in his attempt to eliminate the City of Manchester in the second leg semifinal of Champions League which will be held next Wednesday at etihad stadium after 1-1 in Bernabeu. The French striker, who will start against the Pep Guardiola after resting this weekend against the Getafe in The leaguehas an enviable record of goals in the continental club’s top competition.
Benzema is just one goal away from equality Robert Lewandowski, Polish attacker FC Barcelona, in the table of all-time top scorers in the European Cup/Champions (including qualifying rounds), led by the unattainable Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi.
The French striker for Real Madrid, currently fourth in the rankings, has signed a total of 90 goals between Lyon Olympics and the white team, while Lewy save 91 on shirts of Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barça. Both also star in an exciting goalscoring pulse at present League.
The first in the list of all-time scorers of the Champions League is Cristiano Ronaldowith 141 goals after going through the Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus. The Argentine is trailing by 11 goals Messiwho added 129 as a footballer of Barcelona and of Paris Saint Germain.
Benzema’s 90 goals in his 151 matches were played in Champions (78 with Madrid and 12 with Lyon) are distributed as follows: 56 in the group stage, 17 in the round of 16, eight in the quarterfinals, eight in the semifinals and one in the final.
In this Champions League, Benzema He signed four goals and all of them against rivals from premier league: three at Liverpool and one at Chelsea. French is far away Erling Haaland. The Norwegian ‘gunboat’ of City of Manchester is he Outstanding ‘pichichi’ from the first European tournament with 12 goals this season.
Source: La Verdad
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