No French player had scored so many goals in the most beautiful European Cups in one season. And it’s not over.
Real Madrid bent but did not break on Tuesday night on the lawn of Benabeu. Pushed to play an extension by Chelsea despite a comfortable success in the first leg (3-1), the Merengues managed to emerge unscathed from a very badly embarked Champions League quarter-final second leg (0-3), in particular thanks to the essential Karim Benzema. The Blues striker came out of his box in 96e minute to score the qualifying goal with a header (3-2).
At the 80e minute, Rodrygo had snatched the extension (1-3) on an offer from Modric. On the double confrontation against the Blues, Benzema, he deceived four times Edouard Mendy including three of the head. In the previous round, he scored a hat-trick at the Bernabeu against PSG. At a breakneck pace, the 4e scorer in the history of the Champions League (83) scored 12 goals in C1 this season, the best total of his career. The best overall total for a French player.
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