Benzema: Raúl shot

Karim Benzema (34 years old) is one step away from equaling a Real Madrid icon: The Frenchman is only one goal away from reaching Raúl in the ranking of the Whites’ all-time top scorers. The madridista scored 323 goals in more than 15 years as a player for the Chamartín team. For your part. Karim has 322 goals, and he has five games to go to break that mark: if he did, he would become the second top scorer for the Whites. Only Cristiano, with 450 goals in 438 games, surpasses them all and left a virtually unattainable record.

This has been the campaign in which Karim has uncovered the bottle of his goalscoring essences: the Frenchman has scored 43 goals in 43 games so far, which has made him put on that little bit. Benzema began the campaign with 279 goals, 11 goals behind Santillana and 29 behind Di Stéfano, fifth and fourth, respectively, in the ranking of historical forwards, but his spectacular scoring season has ended up placing him within the ranking of the top three: except in the Cup, where he has not played in any of the three games (Alcoyano, Elche and Athletic) that the white team has played, he has scored both in the League (he has 26 goals) and in the Champions League (he has 15 goals and goes to be the top scorer in the continental edition), and in the Super Cup, where he left his mark both in the semi-final against Barcelona (3-2, he scored with a cross shot) and in the final against Athletic (win by 2- 0, with one of his goals from the penalty spot).

Curiously, He can match Raúl against the same rival with which the Madrid player made his debut as a scorer. After making his debut in Zaragoza in October 1994, Raúl made his debut as a scorer a week later in a derby: he beat Diego after a phenomenal pass from Laudrup. Today Benzema can match (or beat) him: he has scored four league goals against the rojiblancos as a visitor. The last one, last season, to a pass from Casemiro. It was his goal number 267…

Against Atlético, and if Ancelotti considers it appropriate, he will once again lead the madridistas into enemy territory. He has four league games ahead of him to increase his record. He will be the top scorer in the competition, but he aspires to reach 30 goals. What the coach asked of him at the beginning of the campaign: that he achieve about 50 goals throughout the season. Seven left…