Celta Vigo – Real Madrid (1-2) – The personality of Benzema, the talent of Courtois: They hold Real at arm’s length

Even when things are not going well with Karim Benzema, everything is fine. The evening could have turned sour for the French center-forward this Saturday against Celta Vigo (1-2) when, when he could give Real the advantage in a badly put together match for the people of Madrid, he missed his second penalty of the evening after succeeding in the first. But he is made of another wood. Don’t talk to him about failure or doubt. So, when it came to taking responsibility for the third penalty (!) of the evening, Benzema, back from injury after several weeks of absence, did not hesitate for a second and he gave Real a capital victory.

With a twelve-point lead over Sevilla FC and Atlético Madrid, the road to the league title looks like a four-lane highway. So thanks who? Thank you Karim Benzema, decisive for his 6th game in a row with Real.… and thank you Thibaut Courtois, author once again of a fantastic performance and an incredible save on a free kick taken by captain Aspas who was heading towards the skylight left (23rd).

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A great goalkeeper, a huge center-forward: this is the real added value of a Real also far from being collectively imperial this season. This was again the case this Saturday. “We suffered and I don’t know if we deserve to win“, admitted the Belgian goalkeeper far from being reassured a few days before playing Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. “We played well, but we got zero pointscommented Iago Aspas, Celta striker, who is also very critical of refereeing (“It felt like the referee was desperate for Benzema to score a hat-trick“). Courtois is the best goalkeeper in the world, I’ve said it before and it seems like he listened to me. He took away a goal from me, a shot from Denis from the start and then the head.”

Thibaut Courtois

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“A wall for Celta and a blessing for his team“, commented Marca in the evening. As for Benzema, beyond his personality and his character, we must remember his absolutely delirious statistics with 24 goals and 11 assists in 26 league matches. This Saturday, he still has added a chapter to his legend. With 34 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions, Benzema reached his highest goalscoring tally in a season in a Real jersey. We must also remember Real’s apathetic performance there is two weeks against Barça (0-4) to understand the degree of dependence on KB9 Without him or Courtois, where would Real be today?

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