At 33, Karim Benzema is better than ever. The French striker, completing his 13th season at Real Madrid, set a new record for involvement in goalscoring efforts in the first six matches of the Spanish championship this Wednesday, beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
In Real Madrid’s rout against Mallorca (6-1), Benzema scored two goals and made two assists. Thus, so far, he has scored eight goals and seven assists in the competition, for a total of 15 offensive plays with decisive intervention, surpassing the records of Ronaldo in the 2014/15 season (14: 13 goals and 1 assist) and Messi in the 2010 season /11 (13: 8 goals and 5 assists).
15 – @realmadriden‘s Karim @Benzema ???????? has been directly involved in 15 goals in @LaLigaEN 2021/22 (eight goals and seven assists), the best start in goal involvement of any player after the first six league games of the campaign in the 21st century. Extraordinary. pic.twitter.com/kj8evO0U8Q
– OptaJose (@OptaJose)
September 22, 2021
Marco Anensio, born in Palma and revealed by Majorca, was the other great figure of the match, completing a hat-trick against the team of his heart.
Halfway through, Lee Kang-in scored the visiting team’s goal of honor. Isco, already in the 84th minute, fixed the final result.
Rodrigo Battaglia, a midfielder loaned to Sporting, was a full-time starter in the rout suffered by Majorca.
Real Madrid lead La Liga with 16 points, while Majorca are in 10th place with eight points.
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