Karim Benzema, the French striker who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid, has been probably the best player this season for his club.
Benzema has scored 30 goals and had 11 assists for Real Madrid last season, in all competitions. This makes the 2018/19 season one of the best for Benzema in Real Madrid.
Many people think this is because of Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure to Juventus, which results in Benzema having a larger role to play in attack, and thus score more goals, and while this is true, there is more him scoring more goals this season.
This season, the frenchman has (so far) scored 19 goals and 9 assists in 36 matches across all competitions. When you look at stats alone, it doesn’t seem like Benzema has done too well so far, but there he is for you, he’s not an out-and-out attacker who will score 40 goals a season like Robert Lewandowski or Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang, but he has something they don’t.
With Eden Hazard being injured for a huge chunk of the 19/20 season after arriving from Chelsea, Benzema has an even bigger role to play in the Los Blancos attack.
When people think of the best goalscorers in the world right now, one that does not spring to mind is Karim Benzema, sure, he doesn’t score as many goals as the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and the like, but, as stated earlier, there’s much more to his game than just scoring goals, when you watch him play, you can literally describe him as the transferrer of the ball from midfield to attack.
He often plays more like a false-nine, getting the ball from midfield and initiating wonderful counter-attacks that Real Madrid are so lethal at. Before the coronavirus pandemic stopped all leagues, Benzema was in somewhat of a goal drought, his last goal coming in the 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid at the start of February.
Since then, it feels like he has started playing more as a playmaker rather than an out-and-out striker, helping more in starting the play rather than ending it.
With 10 matchdays in La Liga still left to play, and with Eden Hazard returning to the Los Blancos lineup, it looks like Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard could be the magical partnership that every single Madrid fan wants to witness.
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2 replies on “Karim Benzema: Most underrated striker?”
Thirty goals and eleven assists is no mean feat. It cannot be alluded to the absence of Ronaldo.
Even if it were so one has to appreciate that Karim was ready to utilise the opportunity.
People who are ready are the ones who get the maximum out of even a small opportunity..
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Its just that,when Ronaldo isn’t there, Benzema becomes the main focus in attack
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