Karim Benzema news

Karim Benzema was rested for the 1-1 draw with Cadiz on Sunday and enjoyed an extra day off compared to the rest of his team-mates. This extra rest is part of the measured effort plan of the Italian Carlo Ancelotti and his coaching staff with the Champions League final against Liverpool on 28th May in mind.

Karim Benzema's great goal against Betis in 2014 at the Benito Villamarín stadium.

Karim Benzema admitted to 'RMC Sport' that he had been practising the Panenka penalty for some time. The Real Madrid striker took the penalty in this way against Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final and admitted that he was "waiting for the right moment".

The French forward has now scored 323 goals and only Cristiano Ronaldo, with 451, sits above him.

Carlo Ancelotti has made a surprising decision with the list of the squad list for the match against Cadiz. He will be without Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois and Vinicius, as well as Luka Modric who is out suspended.

Karim Benzema drew level with Real Madrid great Raul as the Spanish giants' second-highest goalscorer by netting his 323rd goal for the club in a 6-0 thrashing of Levante on Thursday.

Vinicius scored Real Madrid's fifth goal in one of the goals that will have cost him the least to score, after Benzema danced in an inch past Cardenas.

Unlike Atletico Madrid in last week's derby, Levante did pay tribute to Real Madrid as La Liga champions.

Karim Benzema put another stone in Levante's grave. The French striker, before reaching the 20th minute, headed a ball from Vinicius in the six-yard box to make it 2-0.

Speaking to 'Prime Video', former Juventus player Claudio Marchisio was full of praise for Karim Benzema, for whom he called for the Ballon d'Or: "it is not even debatable".

Damien Rieu, a political activist from French far right party 'Reconquete', published in 2020 a couple of tweets which suggested that Karim Benzema is a terrorist or believes in those ideas. As Rieu himself confirmed, the French striker has decided to take him to court for defamation.

Trailing Manchester City 5-3 on aggregate with 90 minutes on the clock, Real Madrid went on to complete a remarkable comeback in extra time and reach their 18th European Cup final.

Karim Benzema could not miss out on the party at the Bernabeu. The Frenchman won a penalty moments after the start of extra time after Ruben Dias brought him down. He was never in doubt once he stepped up to take the spot kick.

Real Madrid won La Liga on Saturday after a 4-0 victory against Espanyol left them 17 points clear of Sevilla with four games left to play.