for his 40th Clasico, return to the striking confrontations of Benzema against Barça

Karim Benzema is due to play his 40th game against FC Barcelona with Real Madrid on Sunday 24 October at Camp Nou, on the occasion of La Liga Matchday 10. A team that has not always succeeded (18 defeats) but against which the former player of Olympique Lyonnais also shone. Back in five dates on the ClTomost memorable sicos of the merengue striker.

November 2009: a discreet first meeting

Fraîrecently landed near the White House, Karim Benzema begins his very first clTosico on the bench, November 29, at Camp Nou, on behalf of the 12th day of Liga.

The 21-year-old striker, just scorer against AC Milan in the Champions League and author of two assists in La Liga, replaces Cristiano Ronaldo after the hour mark (65th) but fails to reverse the trend, the Real Madrid being led from the 56th after the opening goal of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Madrid bow and Karim Benzema is helpless.

November 2010: a “manita” and a still silent Benzema

November 29, one year to the day after his first clTosico, Karim Benzema returns to Camp Nou, this time as a starter. Leader in the standings, Real Madrid are in a strong position against Pep Guardiola’s team at kick-off.

But the meeting goes differently and the Catalans score five goals in a one-sided game. Tense, the Madrilenians are reduced to ten after the exclusion of Sergio Ramos after a tackle too hard on Lionel Messi. Karim Benzema, once again, can only bear the defeat bitterly.

March 2014: a double but zero points

On March 23, FC Barcelona travels to Real Madrid for the first clasico under the orders of Carlo Ancelotti. Established at the kick-off, Karim Benzema attended the opening scoring of Andrés Iniesta (7th) at the start of the match, before sounding the rebellion and registering a double in the space of five minutes (20th, 24th ).

He narrowly misses the opportunity to score his first hat-trick with Real Madrid due to a rescue from Gerard Pique on his line. Lionel Messi, on the other hand, does not miss and scores three goals to give the victory to his family (4-3). Once again, Karim Benzema and his teammates are defeated, despite the attacker’s brace.

Août 2017: a high class coronation and goal

The 16 août, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are opposed again, this time for the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana. After eight years at Real Madrid, Karim Benzema is fully experienced. His goal : win a new title and fill the already packed Madrid trophy cabinet.

Winners in the first leg (3-1), the Madrilenians drive the point home and seal their coronation on a superb cross half-volley of “KB9” (39th) after the opening scoring of Marco Asensio a few minutes earlier. Karim Benzema wins his eighth game against Barcelona in his career.

April 2021: a madjer for victory

New duel between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, ​​on April 10 at the Alfredo-Di-Stéfano stadium, the Santiago Bernabéu being under renovation at that time. More than a year has passed since the beginnings of the Covid-19 pandemic. The matches are always played behind closed doors and this one, despite its prestige, is no exception to the rule. A situation that does notêKarim Benzema will not shine and deflect a cross from Lucas Vasquez at the near post with a sublime heel (13th).

Real Madrid won 2-1 to record their third straight victory over Catalan rivals Karim Benzema to end the season with a total of 23 goals, becoming the third best scorer in the league behind Lionel Messi and Gerard Moreno.