Champions League
With his double against Manchester City, Benzema got into the Top 5 and continues to dream of breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s record.
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For Gabriel Casazza
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The first leg matches corresponding to the semifinals of this edition of the UEFA Champions League They are already part of history, statistics and the memory of lovers of the most beautiful sport on the globe. It is that two really spectacular commitments were carried out with a high football flight.
On the one hand, Manchester City y Real Madrid They met face to face in English territory and plotted a fabulous football game that culminated in a 4-3 victory for those commanded by Josep Guardiola. The next day, Liverpool received to Villarreal at Anfield and exposed his clear superiority, earning an unblemished 2-0 win.
Thus, the series were left open for the resolutions on Spanish soil next week. But, at the same time, several proper names stood out convincingly, confirming their good news. Without any doubt, one of them is the very Karim Benzemawho does not stop breaking networks.
Without going any further, the inexhaustible French striker, who had already been decisive in the series against Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, dispatched himself with a spectacular double to keep those led by Carlo Ancelotti alive, who were clearly surpassed by Manchester City . Thus, the battering ram continues to enlarge his dream.
The six top scorers in the Champions League in the same season
Thanks to the aforementioned brace, the former Olympique de Lyon player caught up with Lionel Messi in fifth place in the UEFA Champions League scoring charts in the same season. The Frenchman accumulates 14 celebrations in the current edition of the continental competition, the same ones that the Argentinean achieved in the 2011/2012 season.
One step higher, with 15 goals in the same Champions League season, appear Cristiano Ronaldo, who achieved it in the 2017/2018 edition of the “Orejona”, and Robert Lewandowski, who also scored 15 goals but less time, in the 2019/2020 season of said championship.
Subsequently, in second place the Portuguese star reappears. It is that, in the 2015/2016 season, the then Real Madrid player amazed everyone by scoring 16 goals in 12 games. Precisely, Cristiano Ronaldo himself is also the owner of first place: with Merengue, in the 2013/2014 edition, he made an impact with 17 goals in 11 games.
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