It was not the most anticipated match on the football planet this Wednesday evening. Between the second poster of the Champions League between Dortmund and Chelsea (1-0) and the clash at the top of the Premier League between Arsenal and Manchester City (1-3, with Erling Haaland’s 26th league goal), the meeting between Real Madrid and Elche, in a late match of the 21st day of La Liga, was not at the heart of the discussions. However, this meeting allowed Karim Benzema to enter, at 35, a little more in the history of the Merengue club.
In the Top 5 of the best scorers in La Liga
The Ballon d’Or 2022 actively participated in the victory of his team (4-0) against the red lantern, which allowed Real to come back to 8 lengths behind Barcelona, leader, by scoring a double… on penalty in the 31st then at the 45th + 2.
Two achievements which allow the recent retiree of the Blues to bring his total of La Liga goals to 230. A figure which allows Karim Benzema to overtake the legend merengue Raul (228 goals) and to enter the top 5 of the best scorers of the history of the Spanish championship behind Messi (474 goals) and Cristiano Ronaldo (311) – the two extraterrestrials of football -, Telmo Zarra (252) and Hugo Sanchez (234). The French should logically overtake the Mexican in the coming weeks.
The performance of the captain of Real, now the second top scorer in the history of the White House behind Ronaldo, was praised after the meeting by his coach Carlo Ancelotti. “He’s a complete player, not just a striker. He combines well with his teammates, he is an attacker who is always ready in the box and a player who helps us a lot in possession. Karim is having a fantastic career, and I hope he can continue like this, because all of ‘Madridism’ wants him at this level”. Starting probably for the duel against Liverpool in a week in the Champions League.