Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior were awarded the Best Player and Best Young Player awards last season in the UEFA Champions League.
French Karim Benzema and Brazilian Vinicius Junior received the Best Player and Best Young Player awards in the UEFA Champions League for the 2021-22 season.
The honor of the Real Madrid duo came before the start of the European Super match between the Royal Club and Eintracht Frankfurt, which will be held at the “Olympic Helsinki” stadium in the Finnish capital.
Benzema and Vinicius performed wonderfully last season in the Champions League, and led the Royal Club to achieve the fourteenth title in its history in the tournament.
What did Benzema do?
Benzema scored 15 goals in the Champions League last season, to win the tournament’s top scorer award.
Benzema starred remarkably in the knockout stages of the last edition of the Champions League, as he started his brilliance from the round of sixteen by scoring a hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg.
In the quarter-final against Chelsea, Benzema scored four goals against the Blues in the first and second leg matches, including a hat-trick at Stamford Bridge.
In the semi-finals, Benzema scored three goals against Manchester City, two goals in the first leg and one in the second leg.
What did Vinicius offer?
The young Brazilian exploded remarkably during the last season with Real Madrid, and gave his best performance since joining the Royal Club.
Vinicius Junior was crowned the best young player in the Champions League 2021-22, after he managed to score four goals and provided seven assists.
The most prominent goals of Vinicius in the last edition of the Champions League, was the goal he scored in the final against Liverpool, and led Real Madrid to crown the title.