Benzema challenges Lewandowski
The Frenchman wants to beat Lewandowski’s league records. In Champions he already achieved it during the past season.
The situation
Great geniuses always look for an excuse to boost their motivation and improve day by day. This is the case of Benzema. After achieving the top scorer in the League and the Champions League last year, a new goal has been set before Lewandowski’s arrival at Barça: surpass the Pole’s goalscoring background in the next league championship. The Frenchman scored 27 goals for the 35 scored by the former Bayern Munich striker. In the Champions League, on the other hand, Karim surpassed Robert (15 and 13 goals, respectively). The white attacker, who wants to continue making history at Madrid, hopes to get his second consecutive top scorer next season . For this, he will have to fight it with Lewandowski in a relentless fight. The Frenchman, who was decisive in winning the treble (League, Champions League and Super Cup) with the Madrid club, has set himself the new challenge of overcoming the 35 goals scored by the Pole in the Bundesliga last season. But there is a big difference between the two players: at Bayern they played for Robert; At Madrid, Karim played for and with his teammates.
Benzema challenges Lewandowski
It can be seen reflected in the assists of one and another player in their respective Leagues:Benzema (12 goal passes) triples Lewandowski (4) . A fact that reflects the generosity of the French crack. In European competition it’s another story: the Whites’ striker, MVP of the 2021-22 Champions League , achieved the top scorer in the competition with 15 goals. The Pole was second with 13. Of the 29 scored by Madrid in the last edition of Europe’s top competition, 51.7% were by Karim, that is, more than half of the Whites’ goals were scored by Benzema to get The Fourteenth (five goals in the group stage and double, 10, in the knockout stage against PSG, Chelsea and City), with two hat-tricks against the first two (against the Parisians at the Bernabéu and against the Londoners in Stamford Bridge). According to Olocip, a leading company in incorporating Artificial Intelligence into the world of football, Karim generated 12 more goals than expected in the Champions League, for the eight that Lewandowski would generate. With a total value of 11.89, the madridista became the most important footballer on the pitch in Europe (0.984 value in 90 minutes). To this is added the value of Benzema joining the League and Champions League, which adds up to 25.22, three thousandths above Lewandowski, who obtained 25.19. Looking ahead to the new campaign, and with his mind set on the six competitions (League, Champions, Copa del Rey, European Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and Club World Cup) that the Madrid club has ahead of him, Benzema wants it all . He faces his fourteenth consecutive season at Madrid with new challenges, new dreams and with a special wish: to win his first Ballon d’Or with the white shirt.