Karim Benzema y Vinicius Jr They form one of the fashionable duos in European football and are one of the main architects, with the permission of Courteous and of Militarythat him Real Madrid march firmly in the leadership of the League. The French striker has accumulated 19 goals and six assists in the league championship for the 13 goals and six assists from the Rio de Janeiro player.
Between the two they spun the decisive play of the long-suffering victory of the team from Carlo Ancelotti on Vallecas (0-1) and in the white club they have taken advantage of that move to recall the couple’s best moments in this course, the most prolific of vinicius since his arrival in 2018 with 16 goals in 35 games.
So far this season, vinicius and Benzema They have given each other nine goals in three competitions. The Brazilian has given the Frenchman five assists (three in the League and two in the Champions League, both against Shakhtar) and Benzema He has given him four goal passes (one in the Super Cup Classic and another three in LaLiga). There is the curious circumstance that Vinicius had never assisted Benzema in his three previous seasons.
Madrid trusts the chances of a comeback in the round of 16 to the imbalance of Benzema and vinicius. Both the French and the Brazilian have suffered a pothole at the beginning of 2022 (Benzema was unemployed for three weeks due to injury) but against Alavés and Rayo they showed that they are already in tune and aim for the PSG.
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