Karim Benzema Liga Scoring Genius

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27 buts en Liga

Karim Benzema a inscrit 27 buts cette saison en championnat. Ce qui lui a permis d’être le meilleur buteur de Liga. Depuis qu’il a débuté dans le monde professionnel en 2004-2005, c’est son meilleur total. Son précédent datait de 2015-2016, quand il avait culminé à 24 buts.

15 buts en C1

C’est peut-être le chiffre le plus impressionnant de sa saison. Karim Benzema a marqué 15 buts en Ligue des champions. Il est évidemment le meilleur buteur de la campagne européenne. Le record sur une saison appartient à Cristiano Ronaldo, à 17 buts. Avec l’Argentin Lionel Messi, ils sont les deux seuls joueurs à avoir plus marqué que Karim Benzema sur une campagne de Ligue des champions.

49 buts en tout

Toutes compétitions confondues, Karim Benzema a marqué 49 buts. C’est évidemment son meilleur total en carrière. Avant, son record était de 35 buts en 2011-2012. Il est le deuxième meilleur buteur cette saison en Europe derrière Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich).

2 matches sans marquer en C1

Il n’y a que deux matches lors desquels Karim Benzema n’a pas marqué en Ligue des champions : contre l’Inter Milan (0-1), lors de la première journée de la phase de poule (15 septembre 2021), et contre le PSG (0-1), en huitième de finale aller (15 février 2022). Une statistique qui ne prend pas en compte le retour contre l’Inter Milan (2-0), auquel il n’a pas participé pour cause de blessure.

Décisif toutes les 59 minutes en C1

Avec 15 buts et 2 passes décisives, Karim Benzema est décisif avec le Real Madrid toutes les 59 minutes en C1 ! À titre de comparaison, Sébastien Haller est décisif toutes les 51 minutes, Robert Lewandowski toutes les 55 minutes, Kylian Mbappé toutes les 55 minutes, Mohamed Salah toutes les 91 minutes, Sadio Mané toutes les 120 minutes.

Décisif toutes les 50 minutes en tout

Toutes compétitions confondues, le chiffre est d’autant plus impressionnant, puisque Karim Benzema est décisif toutes les 50 minutes avec le Real Madrid.

He is the loner who became a leader. The ‘bad boy’ who turned into an inspired mentor. And the man Jose Mourinho labelled a “pussycat” who is now the undisputed king of the Bernabeu jungle.

“He gets better every day … like wine,” said Carlo Ancelotti, the Madrid manager, when asked to sum up Karim Benzema, the clear bookmakers’ favourite to beat Mohamed Salah to the Ballon d’Or and the main obstacle to Liverpool’s seventh European Cup.

Benzema’s 44 goals in 45 games have already helped Real reclaim La Liga but there is now the chance to match Cristiano Ronaldo’s individual tally of five Champions League titles. 

Another two goals and he would equal Ronaldo’s Champions League record of 17 for a single season and he has already moved behind only Ronaldo on the all-time list of Madrid goalscorers.

So what changed? How did a player who scored between 12 and 28 goals in six seasons from 2012 to 2018 suddenly add 131 across four seasons after turning 30?

There are multiple theories. Arsene Wenger, who tried to bring him to Arsenal back in 2014, specifically highlights his physical condition - “I would say, until 30, he had two or three kilos too many” - and then there is the correlation with Ronaldo’s departure to Juventus in 2018.

Benzema himself has suggested that the knock-on impact was essentially tactical. “At Lyon I was the finisher, and the finisher here was Ronaldo; I played another role with him,” he said. “You had the rocket, which was Bale, the goalscorer, which was Cristiano, and then you had me who would be between them, the one that made it all work.”

It is a convincing theory but, for many of those who know Benzema best, there is something more. And it is how Benzema, the man, has thrived amid the added responsibility. 

“Every day he becomes an even better leader and feels more how important he is for the team and club,” says Ancelotti. “I feel this is making the difference. He has a stronger personality now.”

Ancelotti’s insight is especially telling given his previous experience of working with Benzema alongside Ronaldo and, to find the true essence of Benzema, the starting point remains the eastern suburbs of Lyon. It was, to use Ancelotti’s original analogy, where the grapes were first harvested back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

When you type ‘Bron-Terraillon’ into a search engine, it is immediately followed by the word ‘chaud’. This roughly translates as ‘hot’ or ‘dangerous’ and reflects the social challenges that surrounded his childhood.

Benzema grew up in a house where he was the sixth of nine children. He was soon obsessed with a ball - whether in the house, on the streets, or against a low wall at SC Bron Terraillon Perle, his first club, which was situated only 50 yards from the front door of the family home.

A willingness to practice, often alone, for long hours helped him to stand apart but there were also worries that his progression could be stunted by surrounding influences. Lyon signed a nine-year-old Benzema to their academy and quickly offered him their own accommodation. “They did it for his protection,” said Frederic Rigolet, one of his first coaches. 

It was a partial success. He came to thrive in their first-team, winning four league titles, but a potential move to Barcelona was reportedly hampered in 2008 by ongoing concerns over some of his off-field influences. 

And what should have been a glorious international career with France has long been overshadowed by a glaring five-year absence amid his eventual conviction - despite his denials - for “complicity” in the alleged attempt to blackmail Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape. His appeal following a suspended one-year prison sentence is expected to be heard next month.

Benzema did finally return to the French national team last year, noting when asked to compare his talents to Olivier Giroud - France’s World Cup-winning centre forward - that it was like contrasting a Formula One car with a go-cart.

No prizes for guessing who he thought belonged in F1 and, on recent form, few would disagree. His partnership with Vinícius Junior, a 21-year-old Brazilian who had previously never scored more than six goals in a season, has been a particular joy. 

“I didn't teach Vinícius football,” said Benzema. “The only difference is that he now makes the right decisions. He thinks. This is what I taught him.”

Vinícius himself sounds almost star-struck when he is asked about Benzema - a player he grew up pretending to be on computer games - and stresses that he is a “great person” who has “always given me support and confidence”. 

Graham Hunter, the Spanish football expert, says this season “surpasses anything that he has produced during his sumptuous career”.

Mourinho, whose “pussycat” reference dated back to 2010, evidently agrees. “He’s very stable and mature,” he said. “I love him and he knows that. He thinks about football, thinks about winning and thinks about being a legend with that club... which he already is.”