It has been a realistic method for Real Madrid, whose variety 9 could be the maximum dangerous participant on the pitch in Saturday's Champions League final against Liverpool and who has been arguably the greatest participant in the global all season. Benzema's forty nine desires in fifty two video games dwarfs Mohamed Salah's 33 in 59 even as even Kylian Mbappe, whose rejection of Real Madrid has so dominated the early build-up to this final in Paris, is inferior, with 43 in forty nine.
If Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win a 14th European Cup, the expectation is Benzema will also beat the likes of Salah and Sadio Mane to win his first Ballon d'Or.
This season, Benzema has scored the most goals of his career for Real Madrid and the most of his profession inside the Champions League. He has come to be the oldest player to attain a hat-trick within the Champions League and the maximum prolific French scorer in records. If he scores two desires this weekend, he'll same Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League record of 17 goals, the maximum ever scored with the aid of one player in a single tournament.
Zinedine Zidane, whom Benzema described as like an older brother, said Benzema become "a present to each person who loves football", "a complete footballer and "the excellent".
Former Ballon d'Or winner Jean-Pierre Papin as soon as said: "Benzema has the power of Ronaldo, the rate of Ronaldinho, the class of Henry and the intuition of David Trezeguet."
"We usually look for him," said Rodrygo. "He's exceptional." To score two times against Liverpool, in a final, might be unbelievable however who could positioned it beyond this Benzema, in this sort of form?
He has scored 10 instances inside the knock-out stages, rattling the very pleasant opponents, such as a hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain, a hat-trick towards Chelsea and a brace against Manchester City.
"Madrid received due to the fact they've Benzema and Chelsea do not," wrote the Madrid newspaper AS after the quarter-final. "The reality is no person has Benzema, who plays six unique positions, regularly in the equal circulate."
