Zinedine Zidane on whether Karim Benzema is the best French striker in history: “For me, yes. More than 500 games, all the goals he’s scored, his record speaks for itself. For me, he’s the best. It is very clear.”
Do you agree with Zidane on this?
Zinedine Zidane on whether Karim Benzema is the best French striker in history: “For me, yes. More than 500 games, all the goals he’s scored, his record speaks for itself. For me, he’s the best. It is very clear.”
Do you agree with Zidane on this?
Karim Benzema has both scored and assisted inside the opening 15 minutes for Real Madrid vs. Eibar.
Racking up his 10th and 11th league goal involvements of the season.
Karim Benzema has become the all time leading French scorer in Europe’s top-5 leagues with his 176th goal tonight. He overtook Thierry Henry, who was on 175.
A legend of the game.
OFFICIAL: Barcelona have confirmed Phillipe Coutinho will be out for three months after undergoing knee surgery.
Gerard Moreno - 9
Leo Messi - 9
Luis Suarez - 9
Iago Aspas - 9
La Liga is the only one of Europe’s top five leagues without a goalscorer in double figures
Atletico Madrid have been working to find a replacement for Diego Costa since the striker left the club at the end of December.
Lyon’s Moussa Dembele appears to have won the race to the Wanda Metropolitano, with the Frenchman close to becoming an Atletico player. Real Sociedad’s Willian Jose had also been in the running.
There is one forward, though, who would be a fairly popular choice amongst supporters of Los Rojiblancos - and it’s neither Dembele nor Willian Jose.
Highest goalscorers in LaLiga this season
Messi🇦🇷 - 11
Moreno🇪🇸 - 10
Aspas🇪🇸 - 9
Suarez🇺🇾 - 9
Benzema🇫🇷 - 8
En-Nesyri🇲🇦 - 8
Oyarzabal🇪🇸 - 7
Llorente🇪🇸 - 6
Morales🇪🇸 - 6
Joao Felix🇵🇹 - 5
leading the Pichichi race
Having sat top after ten matches in LaLiga, things have gone pear-shaped for Real Sociedad, winning just one of their last nine…
Antoine Griezmann has both scored and delivered an assist in a same Liga game for the 3rd time this season, already as many times as in the entire last campaign. He made an assist in consecutive Spanish top-flight games for the first time since November 2018 (also 2).
Lionel Messi’s last two LaLiga games:
vs. Bilbao
vs. Granada
Back-to-back braces in the league for the first time since March 2019.
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has scored 11 goals in La Liga 2020/21 (two goals against Granada), the only player to score 10+ goals in 15 consecutive seasons in the competition’s history.
Toni Kroos attempted 121 passes against Osasuna (113 passes completed), the most by a Real Madrid player in a La Liga game this season.
Sergio Busquets made his 600th appearance for Barcelona in all competitions, becoming the fourth player to reach this milestone for the club after Xavi Hernández (767), Lionel Messi (752) and Andrés Iniesta (674).
Messi becomes the first player in LA liga history to score 10+ goals in each of his last 15 seasons.
One and a half years after leaving Chelsea and signing for Real Madrid Eden Hazard is being compared to Gareth Bale by Spanish media – and he is not coming out of the comparison at all well.
Lionel Messi was substituted in the 65th minute of Barcelona’s game against Granada due to discomfort in his hamstring, which would have had his club worried.
The Argentine came off as a precautionary measure after a fantastic contribution, with him scoring twice, and Ronald Koeman didn’t want to take any risks with his No.10.
Now, Messi is ready to play in the Supercopa de Espana, with Barcelona taking on Real Sociedad in the semi-final on Wednesday.
Martin Braithwaite has declared his intention to stay at Barcelona beyond the end of the current season.
Legendary captain Carles Puyol will be the face of the campaign for the new shirt, which will be worn exclusively by the team against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu.
The shirt is sure to be sought after by collectors. The design combines Barcelona’s club colours with those of the regional Senyera flag. The specially-commissioned shirts will go on sale exclusively in FC Barcelona’s official club stores at the end of January.
Four points clear at the top of La Liga with two games in hand.
Atletico Madrid mean business