jack wirrow

I hate to wade into inane ranking discourse but honestly the whole Benzema debate has annoyed me. Benzema was the best CF of his era. Better than Lewandowski/Kane/Rooney/Aguero/Suarez. Benzema literally completed football. He spent over 10 years at Real Madrid, has a trophy haul bigger than any other player other than Messi/Ronaldo, won countless Champions Leagues. But beyond the facts and figures, the way he played football was truly the beautiful game in its truest sense. He flowed like water on the pitch, he had every technique mastered, he was the smartest player on the pitch. And his peak, the two seasons building up to him winning the Ballon d’.Or? On my life, he was one of the most inevitable players I’d ever seen. The PSG, Chelsea and Man City matches in the CL, you just knew he was scoring or assisting. Everything he did just made sense, even if it was ridiculous to watch in the moment. The header he did from the edge of the box against Chelsea for example…ridiculous but the moment that ball was in the air and I saw his body was in the vicinity, I knew it was a goal before he even made the connection. It was a peak where he had the same sense of inevitability that R9 and Suarez had at their peaks. But unlike those two, his goals and contributions on the pitch were the defining contributions to a team which won countless Champions League’s in a row. And even more importantly, this was post-Cristiano Ronaldo. Technique wise he was the best CF of his generation. He scored more important goals than any of his peers too, even if he didn’t score the most. Personally for me the ranking is: 1) Benzema 2) Lewandowski 3) Suarez 4) Rooney 5) Kane 6) Aguero

"Benz"

Benzema has like twice the amount of assists as kane and has a insanely better big game record lol And even internationally he actually WON something with France

The absolute purest form of football

The absolute purest form of football

The absolute purest form of football

The absolute purest form of football

Benzema did nothing outside 21/22? Were you asleep during his 19/20 La Liga MVP when his 2nd top scorer was 57 year old Sergio Ramos? or what about 2021 when he was France's best player in a Euros and dragged Madrid to the UCL semis?

Benzema did nothing outside 21/22? Were you asleep during his 19/20 La Liga MVP when his 2nd top scorer was 57 year old Sergio Ramos? or what about 2021 when he was France's best player in a Euros and dragged Madrid to the UCL semis?

Benzema did nothing outside 21/22? Were you asleep during his 19/20 La Liga MVP when his 2nd top scorer was 57 year old Sergio Ramos? or what about 2021 when he was France's best player in a Euros and dragged Madrid to the UCL semis?

Benzema did nothing outside 21/22? Were you asleep during his 19/20 La Liga MVP when his 2nd top scorer was 57 year old Sergio Ramos? or what about 2021 when he was France's best player in a Euros and dragged Madrid to the UCL semis?

"Benzema"

Benzema clears as a scorer as well. while you go farm vs Hoffenheim and Nottingham Forest, I'll take the player that the best big game scoring of his generation bar Messi and Ronaldo. the player that can trouble elite teams more with his better movement, link up, and athleticism

Karim Benzema a 20 ans en phase finale de LDC face aux deux meilleures équipes du monde de l'époque. Mais apparemment il se cachait dans les grands matchs avant 2021