Chronicle Benzema's crooked lines make a great Athletic capitulate
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"
I like the show. I like soccer
."
It's that simple, that's how direct
Karim Benzema
showed himself
after scoring two goals in six minutes against
Athletic Club
and leaving the field cheered by the
San Mamés stands
, faithful to his team and respectful of the rivals who make the ball great.
Benzema is one of them
. From the inside of his right foot they came out two lashes became more leader of the
League Santander
to the
Real Madrid
. The first, a diamond with effect that slipped caressing the left side of
Agirrezabala's
goal
. The second, an exquisite definition to the right of the rojiblanco goalkeeper.
"
Winning in a stadium like this makes me very happy
. It was a great game. Succeeding here is good," summed up the French forward, who scored the
400th goal of his sports career
, number 299 in 582 games with the Real Madrid jersey. "
Karim ... What a forward, what a captain
, a great player, a great man with a
very strong personality, very humble
... Top", summed up the coach.
A double that puts
Carlo Ancelotti's team
in an extremely advantageous position in the standings, almost definitive if it weren't for the fact that we are still at the end of December.
The whites get, with one more game,
eight points from Sevilla
,
thirteen from Betis
,
16 from Rayo Vallecano
,
17 from Atlético
and
Real Sociedad
and
18 from Barcelona
and
Valencia
.
"There are
three points that weigh a lot in the table
, but we have to continue," added the Italian.
Two losses in the season
A colossal and well-deserved distance for a team that
has only lost two games
this season:
Sheriff in the Champions
League
and
Espanyol in the League
. Since that
mini
-
crisis
at the end of September and the beginning of October, Madrid is different: they have
accumulated 13 victories and two draws in 15 games
and have conceded a goal, that of
Sancet
, after 538
minutes with an unbeaten goal
. Record as a madridista for Courtois.
"
We suffer, which is what great teams do,
" Benzema ruled out.
And Madrid suffered to add the victory, with
eleven players absent due to Covid, injury or sanction
and with a bench of beardless young people: goalkeepers
Fuidias and Diego Piñeiro
;
defenders
Rafa Marín, Miguel Gutierrez and Vallejo
, midfielder
Antonio Blanco
and forwards
Peter Federico
,
Jovic and Mariano
.
Peter, Youth League champion
Ancelotti, faithful to his patience when making changes, only gave the alternative to his substitutes in the 84th minute, when he entered
Mariano for Vinicius
. A minute later it would be
Peter for Hazard
and in the next break,
Jovic for Benzema
. Nobody else. "I want to emphasize that we have won with players who had played little, this is important.
It is the strength of a team that wants to compete in all competitions
," praised Ancelotti.
The entry of
Peter
,
champion of the Youth League in 2020
with the youth, marks the debut of one of the
great jewels of Castilla
de Raúl.
To
Dominican parents
, the left winger
born in 2002
was the protagonist of the most outstanding actions of the final stretch of the duel.
Two starts that Agirrezabala ruined, one after a shot by Peter and another after a pass from him to Jovic.
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