The other record broken by Karim Benzema that fired some resentment in France
Karim Benzema broke another record with Real Madrid shirt and, given his past, it put some fire in the relationship between two French legends
Karim Benzema is one of the best French players ever. His polemic past damaged his reputation in France and worldwide, but never his quality as a player. Zinedine Zidane, his coach, took care of him, treated him like a son, and in exchange the striker carried the team, something needed since Cristiano Ronaldo left.
He had broken the record of being the foreign player with most matches at Real Madrid some days ago, but yesterday he broke another record. His goal against Eibar was the 176th he scored, and he became the French top scorer ever of a top league that is not Ligue 1, leaving behind the mark of 175 league goals Thierry Henry scored at England, for Arsenal.
Some days ago, Zidane started this dispute with Thierry Henry saying that Benzema is the best French striker ever, overlooking not only his former teammate and probably also former friend, but also all those scandals that the Real Madrid forward starred that made Didier Deschamps sack him from the French national team.
With this record broken, Zidane is surely feeling that his player proved him right, and the former FC Barcelona forward might probably be resented seeing how not him, a world champion and one of the best strikers of the century, is being forgotten for someone who blackmailed a teammate.
