Karim Benzema joins Messi in two unique golf equipment after Sociedad conflict

By Conor Laird

Published: March 5, 2022 10:41 pm

Last Updated: March 5, 2022 10:11 pm

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has etched his identify ever additional into the historical past books of Spanish soccer on Saturday evening.

This comes owing to the French worldwide’s exploits throughout Los Blancos’ La Liga showdown with Real Sociedad.

First up comes a testomony to an usually underappreciated side of Benzema’s recreation, within the type of his means to create for these round him.

As per statisticians Opta, after bagging his newest help this night, Real’s talisman joined iconic Barcelona duo Lionel Messi and Dani Alves as certainly one of solely three gamers to have laid on 100 La Liga objectives for the reason that flip of the century:

3 – @realmadriden‘s Karim @Benzema 🇫🇷 has develop into the third participant to achieve 100 assists in @LaLigaEN within the twenty first century, after Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 (192) and Daniel Alves 🇧🇷 (103). Centenary. pic.twitter.com/QB95p88IXr

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 5, 2022

‘Benz’, although, was not executed there, later slotting house from the penalty spot in sometimes cool trend to take his aim tally for the La Liga marketing campaign to a hefty 20.

And, within the course of, the previous Lyon standout joined one other unique membership, too, turning into simply the seventh participant to ever rating 20 or extra objectives in 4 successive seasons within the Spanish top-flight:

7 – @realmadriden‘s @Benzema 🇫🇷 has scored 20 objectives in @LaLigaEN 21/22, turning into the seventh participant to attain 20+ objectives in 4 successive campaigns, behind Mundo 🇪🇸, Alfredo Di Stéfano 🇦🇷🇪🇸, Hugo Sánchez 🇲🇽, Lionel Messi 🇦🇷, Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹 and Luis Suárez 🇺🇾. Ace. pic.twitter.com/bV3xkWJCQT

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 5, 2022

Modric amongst the objectives

Benzema’s newest aim and help, in the long run, helped to information Real Madrid to a different 3-point haul on Saturday, boosting additional the membership’s hopes of reclaiming the La Liga title this season.

Goals on the a part of all the Frenchman, Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric and Marco Asensio noticed Los Merengues emerge on the appropriate facet of a powerful 4-1 conquer Sociedad.

Carlo Ancelotti’s troops, in flip, have prolonged their benefit over the chasing pack on the summit of the Spanish top-flight to a full eight factors.

Oh that’s an absolute SCREAMER from Luka Modric! 😱😱

Magic from the Croatian as two good objectives flip this recreation round for Real Madrid 🔥 pic.twitter.com/jOFx9CDlNo

— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) March 5, 2022