Karim Benzema has done it again. Late on a sweltering hot Easter Sunday night, he struck against Sevilla to march Real Madrid one step closer to their inevitable return to the top of Spanish football.
Whilst millions across the world celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Madristas across Spain heralded their own King who continues to lead them from the front.
Upon what was once a vacated throne, Benzema now sits, holding his court in the Bernabeu. His goal against Sevilla showed that even the ball prostrates for him.
It was a remarkable match. At 2-0 down, Madrid were on the back foot. A stunning Ivan Rakitic free-kick, an Erik Lamela tap-in, and within 24 minutes it seemed evident that the mid-week battle against Chelsea was taking its toll.
Yet just like in that match, and the PSG one before it, Madrid showed their mythical powers of recovery. Young Rodrygo made it 2-1, and then in the 82nd Nacho brought things level.
With the stage set for a dramatic winner, there was always only one man who was going to seize it, just as he has all season.
In fact, to say Benzema seized it would be wrong. These moments come to him, rather than him going to them. He has a magnetic quality of total footballing regality that makes the headline-making moments inevitably his.
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Likewise, he didn’t need to seek out the ball for his winner against Sevilla, for it is bound to him by some gravitational force.
He started the move himself, because of course he did. Receiving the ball on the right, he sauntered forward before laying it off to Vinicius Junior, who played it to Rodrygo out wide.
All the while, Benzema was walking forward. He snuck into the box, slipping quietly in between the Sevilla defenders whose eyes were fixated on the ball at Rodrygo’s feet.
They hadn’t noticed the turquoise shirt of Benzema slide perfectly into the space vacated by Sevilla’s…
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