“Gold Triplet”

Madrid arrived in London with a thirst for revenge, not believing the diminished version presented by Chelsea against Brentford (1-4). Ancelotti as luxury and last minute reinforcement. Valverde as a surprise from eleven. But the one who was in charge of leading the white troops to the assault on Stamford Bridge was Karim Benzemahere in the forever it falls short. One, two and three goals he celebrated. Two sovereign headers and a bit of a rogue that is sure to be familiar to Donnarumma. A hat-trick that crushed the army (1-3) that, a year before, seemed invincible and that It didn’t take long for it to go around the world, dominating front pages and headlines in the main heads of the international press.

the wink of The Team

The most outstanding, perhaps, are those that appear in his land, where he earned a pardon long ago and serves as the prophet of French football. “Gold Triplet”dedicates them The Team its cover this Wednesday, April 7. An image of Karim celebrating the first of his goals, with Édouard Mendy dejected on the ground, will greet those who come to the kiosk. Wink, furthermore, that “D’Or (de Oro)”, by the middle prestige. The reason? Belong to Amaury Sport Organizationthe media conglomerate that also encompasses France Soccerthe magazine that awards the Ballon d’Or every year. “Immense Benzema! When weeks after his festival against PSG, the Real Madrid attacker has scored three goals again, at the Champion’s home”accompany the image and the headline.

In its web version they insist and dedicate two pieces to it: “Benzema, the lord of the game” and “Benzema flies above the stars”. They rate him as “shameless”in the second of them, and affect the exhibition made against PSG in the round of 16: “New recital by Karim Benzema, this time at Stamford Bridge. A month after overthrowing and eliminating PSG from the Champions League alone, the Frenchman turned Chelsea into his new victim, with the same procedure.” In the first, they use rhetoric to highlight the protagonist of the rainy London night: “He walked on water falling from the London sky, two headed goals that underscore his new art”. In Le Parisien, the other great medium of the neighboring country, they were more explanatory and simplified their headline dedicated to Madrid as follows: “An immense Benzema stuns Chelsea”.

And the one from Italy… to Donnarumma

The Gazzetta dello Sportfrom Italy, follows a line similar to The Team and elevates it to the Olympus of the maximum continental competition: “Benzema, lord of the Champions”. They place the whites “with one foot in the semifinals” and remember their compatriot Donnarumma: “The third goal is a nice tribute from Mendy (does it remind you of something?)”. While the Corriere dello Sportthe other great title of the country of the boot, headlines: “Benzema overwhelms Chelsea, Ancelotti mortgages the semifinal”. Her phrase accompanied by a photograph of a euphoric Karim. “Another dream hat-trick from Benzema makes the difference in the Champions League and gives victory to Real Madrid against Chelsea, after the spectacle scored in the round of 16 against PSG”, they complement in the body of the text.

“Masterclass“, “devastating”…

In Germany, image charge against his countryman Thomas Tuchel: “Benzema dismantles Tuchel”. “I would like to sign Benzema. He was one of the most underrated players a few years ago”, said Krumbach’s in the preview. I’m sure he wouldn’t have cared, especially taking into account the lack of confidence he professes in Romelu Lukaku, his ‘9’ star turned luxury substitute. From the British Isles, the Daily Mailexposes a fairly descriptive headline: “A ‘masterclass’ in the art of finishing and leading the attack. Benzema terrified the Chelsea defence”. “He sneaked up on them, vanished into thin air and reappeared when they least expected it, made them nervous and caused their mistakes,” they add, referring to the Madrid striker’s opportunism.

While the rest of the English media maintain the same tone, such as the Mirror O The Sun. “Benzema destroys Chelsea with a hat-trick devastating that leaves the blues with a mountain to climb”detail the first. “Chelsea is devastated by Benzema’s hat-trick to destroy the blues“. The adjectives to describe Karim’s performance are exhausted and crowded both in Spain and abroad. The assistant Benzema has been sharpening its claws since Cristiano packed his bags to settle in Turin in 2018 and It has no end: he has 37 goals in 36 games this season. With performances like the one suffered by Chelsea, he only confirms himself as what he is, one of the best players in the world. A Grand Reserve by which the years seem to pass in regressive mode.