In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid visited Stamford Bridge to challenge Chelsea. In the end, thanks to Benzema's hat-trick, the Galaxy won 3-1 away from home, taking advantage of the two-legged game and laying the advantage for advancing to the final four of this season's Champions League.
Last season, Real Madrid met Chelsea in the quarter-finals and were beaten by the Blues without a fight back. The Blues also advanced all the way to the final, eventually beating the powerful Manchester City to win the title. After encountering the Blues again in the quarter-final draw, the outside world generally looks down on Real Madrid, after all, Real Madrid's squad is one year older than last season, and they still have no obvious advantage against the Blues.
In the night rain of London, the divine blade that conquered greater Paris was once again opened. Two headers showed Benzema's formidable running position and tackle, while the final goal once again demonstrated the French striker's strong passive skills. Mendy, the Blues' door god, also unfortunately became the man chosen by Benzema. Following Karius, Urreich and Donnarumma, Mendy also became the goalkeeper who made low-level mistakes in front of Benzema.
Although the outside world jokes that this is Benzema's powerful passive skill, it happens to the same person twice or three times at a time, which cannot be explained by coincidence and luck. In fact, all goalkeeper issues aside, all these goals are scored by hundreds or thousands of seemingly unintentional rushes towards goalkeepers in exchange for wasting their physical strength. That's the secret to Benzema's ability to score such goals again and again. No matter what luck there is, it is just the opportunity he runs tirelessly and actively presses to win for himself.
The 34-year-old Benzema is no longer young, and in this merro is declining because of his age, Benzema is showing a trend of getting older and more demon. The enthusiasm that he and Modric showed on the pitch was not lost to any young player at all. Look at Messi's running and pressing, and then look at Benzema, you may be able to understand why Benzema can become more and more demonized after the peak period.
As a superstar, it is invaluable to stay competitive in your career for a long time. Benzema's self-discipline paid off for his bloom after the Merrow era. It is real Madrid's luck to have such a player, he is the yardstick of modern superstars.