The immense Karim Benzema -
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Father Benzema's hood is already packed, but the French striker found a way to add a goal and two more assists to it on Sunday, in Real's 3-1 win over Eibar.
Thanks to him, the Merengue are back on the heels of Atlético de Madrid at the top of La Liga.
A great Madrid, a great Benzema: with a goal from the left on a superb opening from Rodrygo (6th) then two assists on goals from Luka Modric (13th) and Lucas Vazquez (90th), the French center forward has allowed Real to sign one of its best starts this season.
Basque captain Kike Garcia, with a magnificent shot curled from the right of 25 meters, deceived Thibaut Courtois to reduce the gap (28th), but without changing anything at the end of the meeting.
But despite this superb goal that illuminated the meeting of Eibar, stuck in 14th place (15 pts) at a small point in the red zone, it was Benzema who captured all the light on Sunday night in the small empty stadium of Ipurua.
Zizou no longer knows how to praise Benzema
"For me it's the best, yes, it's very clear," Zizou said Tuesday night after the excellent performance of the ex-Lyonnais against Bilbao (3-1), with a double.
And he put it back on Sunday night at a post-match press conference: “He is decisive.
What he does is phenomenal.
And not just in terms of goals.
I'm repeating myself on Karim, but he doesn't just score goals.
Karim is a game, it brings us clairvoyance… It is very important, ”he repeated.
With this success, Real has a fifth consecutive success in all competitions since December 1, and seems to have completely buried its fall nightmares ... like last year at the same period, when the Madrilenians had put an end to a passage empty to string together 21 games without defeat throughout the winter.
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Real Madrid: Author of a saving double against Bilbao, Benzema is the greatest French center-forward in history according to Zizou
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