Real Madrid won at Osasuna, but Karim Benzema didn’t score. However, the French striker had the opportunity on Wednesday evening in Pamplona. But the Madrid center-forward missed two penalties (52nd, 59th) in seven minutes, both diverted to his right by Sergio Herrera, the Basque club’s goalkeeper, while the La Liga leader was already leading 2-1. Two failures without impact for the people of Madrid who ended up winning (3-1) thanks to goals from Alaba, Asensio and Lucas Vazquez and who are seventeen points ahead of the second, Atlético de Madrid , come close to the title.
Top scorer in La Liga with 25 goals, Karim Benzema became the first player to miss two penalties in the same Spanish league game since Raul Tamudo, who was also missed against Betis Sevilla in 2006 while wearing the jersey from Espanyol Barcelona. The Blues striker also became the Real player to miss the most penalties (4/11) in a La Liga season since at least the 2005-2006 season.
” Thanks guys ! Unlucky tonight,” wrote the former OL player on his Instagram account after the game. Even if he missed in this exercise, the French striker is involved in the opener, even if his Austrian teammate David Alaba had to try twice to score after his free kick. He also distinguished himself with a delicious roulette at the start of the counter-attack concluded by the third goal.
“The one who misses is the one who tries, estimated his coach, Carlo Ancelotti. Karim started and nothing happened. Apart from the two penalties, he had a great game. “As very often this season.
