Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema still has the chance to win the Spanish league's top scorer award this season.
The former French international has 19 goals, and he is only 3 goals behind Barcelona's Lionel Messi, the leader of the list.
After Merengue is around the corner from winning the League title, goalkeeper Thibaut Kurotwa is steadfastly advancing towards the "Zamora" award, which is awarded to the best League keeper; The "Picchi" award, which if won by Benzema, remains to be completed by Los Blancos.
To win this prize, the Real players have to do everything in their power to help the French star score 3 or more goals in the next two games.
In light of the Argentine international’s fasting from scoring in the last 3 games, and the coach’s talk about Messi's need to rest, it appears that Benzema may shake the net in the remaining two games and win the prize.
In addition to an additional factor that may lead to the success of Benzema in his challenge to Messi, which is that the latter scored among his goals 5 penalty kicks, while Benzema contented with two goals from two penalty kicks.
And if we put the goals of the two men from penalty kicks, then they will equal in their balance of goals (17 goals).
It is noteworthy that the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was the last player from the Royal Zafar award in the 2014-2015 season, after which the Uruguayan Luis Suárez and Messi dominated Barca, in the following seasons.
As for the best player in the League, the numbers indicate that Messi is still the undisputed "king" of the championship, and despite Benzema approaching him in the outcome goal this season, he is far behind in the rest of the numbers.
- Messi has 20 assists, versus 5 for Benzema.
- Messi has 795 successful passes in the last quarter of the stadium, compared to 504 for Benzema.
- Messi has a payment rate of 21.51%, compared to 18.63% for Benzema.