In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid returned to the Bernabeu with a score of 3-1 in the first leg, and the tenacious Blues gave a counter-attack and dragged the game into extra time!
but!!!!
Or Benzema, Benzere Dragon, Benze Tiger, Benzergothra's goal in extra time, left the Blues fruitless, 5-4 on aggregate! He managed 4 of Real Madrid's 5 goals in two legs!
This season, the striker has scored 12 goals in the Champions League after 13 goals after Levan (Bayern has been eliminated) and has a good chance of winning the Champions League top scorer this season.
The discerning Ferguson, who had taken a fancy to the French shooter 14 years ago, was an absolutely craftable material.
It was the 21-year-old Lyon striker Benzema who scored in front of The United defence team in the quarter-finals of the 2008 Champions League, directly conquering the spectator Sid Ferguson.
As we all know, Ronaldo has decided to leave Manchester United at the end of that season, and Ferguson is very eager to sign a French striker to replace Ronaldo, but in the end it backfired, and Benzema's trip to the Bernabeu became the biggest regret of Ferguson's career.
Benzema was only one step away from joining Manchester United that year, why did he refuse Sir Alex? Ferdinand recounts the original experience in the show
In addition, Ferdinand also added that after the game, Ferguson even personally found Benzema in the players' tunnel, and finally was dissuaded by the Lyon staff, which was enough to show how much Ferguson wanted to sign the striker.
In the end, Ferguson had to retreat to sign Mike Irving to replace Ronaldo's No. 7 player, who also mentioned in the interview: "I joined Manchester United because Benzema chose Real Madrid instead of Manchester United. The first time he got a call from Sir Alex Ferguson, he said: 'We want to sign Benzema, and if we can't, we'll sign you.' ”
It was that season that passed by, Benzema and C Ronaldo had been working together for 10 years at the Bernabeu, and this season had become the most favorable contender for the Ballon d'Or, and I had to admire Ferguson's vision, which was too unique.
We all enjoyed the moment when the two were fighting side by side, is there a chance that this scene will be recreated?
United will definitely buy strikers this summer!
Of course, Manchester United management is aiming for a young striker! The new coach-to-be, Ten haag, has his needs.
And Benzema's will, interest in the Premier League, is obviously not something that can be changed by a phone call or two.
Seeing the average number of sprints per game for a centre-forward in Europe's top five leagues, Benzema was below average, while Cristiano Ronaldo was 13.6% above the draw value.
This more or less reflects the difference in the league, compared to La Liga, the Premier League pays more attention to the intensity of high pressing and the rapid rhythm of attack and defense, Benzema needs to re-adapt, from aubame Young winter window to leave the Gunners to join Barca, in La Liga if the performance of the two is a particularly obvious proof.
At present, the environment in which Benzema plays at Real Madrid cannot find any reason to change.