Paris is a party, they say? This Real Madrid version 2022-2023 is also a beautiful one. If Elche took three in the bag this Wednesday, the bill could have been doubled without the balances served by the VAR for offsides it is true always indisputable. In the midst of a training that has still mastered its subject while finding a way to have fun and feast, Karim Benzema shone. And what does it ultimately matter that his stat line only shows one goal. He even stood out by pointing to the stands to stop the match and allow the emergency services to provide assistance to a person who suffered a mild illness.
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Three canceled goals, three times Benzema in the game
Who else but him could open the score? The story would have been so beautiful. A superb collective action, a cross from his partner in crime, the inevitable Vinicius, and Benzema transformed the offer into a goal in the 6th minute. Alas, the VAR frustrated him for the first time. Not the last.
“Little suspense but a lot of emotion: Benzema split the armor”
26th minute, “KB9” serves David Alaba on a plateau in the area. Goal and 2-0? Still not, a kick from Benzema put him in an offside position. The 61st then? This time Benzema was doing all the show. On this cross from the right, eight attackers out of ten would have taken the lead. Not Benzema who controlled from the chest before concluding with a volley… but Carvajal was in an illegal position at the start.
329th goal with Real, 300th victory in La Liga
In the end, more was needed to prevent Karim Benzema from further blackening the sheet. It was on a school one-two with Rodrygo at the entrance to the area, and fifteen minutes from time, that the Frenchman finally scored his fifth goal of the season in La Liga. Visibly frustrated by his past misadventures, the number 9 of Real Madrid could not help miming a call to the VAR after his goal… before laughing with the referee of this Elche-Real Madrid. Yes, Benzema is a calm player. Especially because he knows that sooner or later, the wheel will turn in his direction. it often goes like that with the super talented.
And for the few among those who stand out even more, with a Ballon d’Or for example, the brands create special things. It was with unique shoes that Karim Benzema returned to the pitch after the break. Pure white, golden lines and soles to recall his coronation and even a blue-white-red flag at the end of the lace, nothing had been left to chance for this special delivery which should find a nice place in his personal museum. .
Karim Benzema’s “special Ballon d’Or” boots for Elche-Real Madrid
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It was with these shoes on his feet that Benzema scored his 329th goal for Real Madrid and clinched his 300th La Liga victory with the White House. A goal in the Clasico on Sunday, a Ballon d’Or on Monday, an achievement and another victory on Wednesday to provisionally have a six-point lead at the top of the championship, Karim Benzema had a very pleasant start to the week, thank you for him.
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Benzema, a Ballon d’Or in training
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