Benzema is the leader of the leader. With 33 years and in a season that will be for him of maximum demand after returning with his selection, The French striker is in the best moment of his career in front of the rival goal. Karim has five goals and four assists in the first four league games with Real Madrid. 9 of the 13 goals of the Ancelotti team have had the participation, as author or assistant, of the 9 White. A start to the season only comparable, according to Opta data, to that of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014-2015, in which the Portuguese scored nine goals (did not add any assistance).
9 – With five goals and four assists, Karim Benzema ???????? is the second player in the @Real Madrid who participates in nine goals in his first four games of the season in @The league in the 21st century, after Cristiano Ronaldo ???????? in 14/15 (nine goals). Spectacular. pic.twitter.com/koy6CH5nCp
– OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 12, 2021
Those numbers are also accompanied by the assistance he gave Griezmann to open the scoring in the last match of Les Bleus, against Finland. Against Celta he scored his sixth hat-trick with the Real Madrid shirt. He hadn't made a triplet in almost two and a half years. The last one was scored against Athletic to give the Whites a 3-0 victory on April 21, 2019.
Nobody overshadows Benzema in Europe. Neither Haaland nor his friend Mbappé. No player has participated in as many goals as the madridista at the start of the competition in the five major European leagues. The Norwegian has the same goals as Karim, but one less assist. The PSG player has four goals and two goal passes. Among them is West Ham's Michail Antonio, with four goals and three assists. Lewandowski is the only one who dares to stand in the incipient path of Benzema towards a Golden Boot at the moment still dominated by the scorers of the championships that are played in summer.
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Benzema had never chained four league games in which he participated in nine goals. Neither with Madrid nor with Lyon. His best streaks so far had reached eight contributions in four games. He hit them three times. Between March 20 and April 20, 2016 he scored four goals and gave four assists against Sevilla, Barcelona, Getafe and Villarreal. He scored a goal for each team. In November 2013 he scored five goals and handed out three assists. He also started the streak against Sevilla; They were followed by Rayo Vallecano, Real Sociedad and Almería. The other streak is from the beginning of the 2007-08 season with Lyon, still 19 years old. There were six goals and two assists. He made them to Saint-Étienne, Sochaux, Le Mans and Metz. That streak, like this one, ended with a hat-trick, the first of his professional career.