Champions League
Benzema passed Di Stefano to move up to 3rd place of the top scorers
His hat-trick against Paris not only took Real Madrid into the top 8 of this year’s Champions League, but also propelled Karim Benzema himself to a legendary podium, now the meringue’s third-top scorer in all competitions.
March 9, 2022 will surely be remembered by Real friends as the night of his dream… Karim Benzema. He was the one who refused to surrender to the ultrasonic Paris of Messi, Ebape and Neymar and with an amazing crescendo in the second part of the two teams’ rematch at the Burnaby, he led the meringue to a huge qualification.
In fact, with his three goals scored, the French forward not only became the oldest player to score a hat-trick in Champions League history, but also became the third-best goalscorer in the meringue’s history across all competitions.
This is because he has overtaken the emblematic Alfredo Di Stefano, who has scored 308 goals and is now on the podium with 309 goals, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo (450 goals) and Raul (323).
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