As with good French wines, Karim Benzema The passage of time suits him very well … As he gains maturity, he defines better. At 34, the forward of the Real Madrid continues to show date to date that it maintains an elite level. And this Saturday he made it clear again against Valencia: He dispatched with a double, he is still the top scorer in LaLiga and was also within a shot of a mark of neither more nor less than Alfredo Di Stéfano, one of the glories of Merengue.
One of the celebrations of the French at the Bernabéu (EFE).
About the end of the first half and after a controversial penalty charged in favor of the White House, which led to the protests of Valencia on social networks and Gerard Piqué also got on in the discussion, El Gato scored his 300th goal with the Real shirt. With the calm that characterizes him, the striker grabbed the ball, assumed responsibility and sent it to save in the goal of Jasper Cillessen, ex Barcelona. A manual penalty!
And if the 300 could have been stained by that non-existent foul on Casemiro in the Valencia area, in 301 there was no place for controversy in the networks or debates: it was a great goal with the Benzema seal. With the match 3-1 in favor of Ancelotti’s team and with three minutes remaining, the Frenchman received the penalty spot, turned and half-turned it against a post.
With his double, the striker remains the top scorer of the Spanish championship with 17 goals and he is followed by his teammate Vinicius Jr. -who also scored twice-, with 12 celebrations. But it was not only useful for that: he was also very close to becoming the third top gunner in the history of Real Madrid.
Benzema with Di Stéfano in 2009 (EFE).
With the 301 goals he made since joining Merengue in mid-2009, Benzema ranks fourth among the club’s all-time scorers. He is just seven goals from Di Stéfano, who scored 308. So it is very likely that the Cat will move to the Blond Arrow in the course of this season.
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Who completes the podium besides Di Stéfano? Second is another White House legend: Raúl González Blanco, who scored 323 and can be reached by Benzema in the coming seasons. To climb to the first place it will be complicated … It is that the historical scorer of Madrid is Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 450 goals in the nine seasons he played for Merengue. The CR7 thing can’t be beat!
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