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Benzema's impressive return breaks Chelsea's heart
Real Madrid's French striker Karim Benzema made his long-awaited return to action in Saturday's 5-1 thrashing of Chelsea in the Champions League last 16, coming off the bench to score twice in the second half and break the English side's hearts. The France international has not played since being accused of involvement in an alleged attempt to blackmail fellow France forward Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape earlier this year. Benzema was cleared of any wrongdoing by a judge last month and returned to full training with Real earlier this week. Visit 8Xbet for more details. Has there ever been a more unspectacular hat trick? In what can only be described as a historic season for French footballers, Real Madrid’s star striker has taken things to a whole new level with his performance against Chelsea in Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal clash. Zinedine Zidane would be proud. Real Madrid's collapse from the front Real Madrid entered halftime with a two-goal lead, having squandered several chances to get ahead earlier in their Champions League quarterfinal second leg. The most glaring was Karim Benzema's miss just after 23 minutes when he scuffed a shot wide from eight yards out. His powerful header that gave Real Madrid a 2-1 lead didn't come until 12 minutes into the second half. Benzema finally returns to his best Zinedine Zidane was quick to caution patience with Karim Benzema following his Real Madrid heroics in midweek. The Frenchman was excellent against Bayern Munich, and then again at home to Levante on Saturday night. But his coach has a word of warning: I don't think we have seen a return to form for Karim. He still needs time. Yet there is no denying that if Benzema continues like he did against Bayern, Madrid will be even harder to stop in La Liga and Europe. Mourinho embraces 'Lopetegui system' Despite dominating possession and creating more chances, Mourinho couldn't find a way past Thibaut Courtois. Instead, he laid part of blame on his strikers for failing to convert key opportunities. Mourinho said: I think we deserved it but football is about moments and I feel like in some moments we lost a bit of confidence and control. What next for Zidane and Real Madrid? If a team is to win four Champions League trophies in five years, it has to come with its own set of problems. For Real Madrid, those problems came in last year’s final when Juventus dominated them for 120 minutes. This year was no different; Zinedine Zidane’s men again found themselves chasing shadows as Liverpool plundered three goals before half-time. Real were clearly missing talismanic midfielder Luka Modric, but that doesn’t excuse their poor performance.Forums
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