Chapter 248: Benzawa
Cristiano Ronaldo still remembers the letter of challenge he sent to Gao Zheng at the end of last season.
But because he still remembers, he is a little agitated now.
He currently has six rounds of league play, and in the league standings, his Real Madrid side is fourth behind Atletico Madrid.
In terms of individual accolades, although he scored five goals against Espanyol, it was the only one scored so far.
Neither the 1-0 win over Granada nor the 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao did not get on the scoresheet.
In the last round of the league, Real Madrid was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Malaga, and he was unable to contribute to the team.
He has not scored in three league games in a row.
During this period, although Gao Zheng's number of goals in a single game was far inferior to him, his victory was stable, and one goal per game had accumulated enough advantages to surpass him step by step.
Now Gao Zheng has scored six goals, surpassing him in the league scorer list and leading the scorer list.
Team honors and individual honors have now been surpassed by Gao Zheng.
This made Ronaldo restless as soon as he remembered what he said at the end of last season.
For him, the next Madrid derby is his chance to achieve a reversal.
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Cristiano Ronaldo really wants to score against Atletico Madrid.
So he was very positive from the start of the game, constantly looking for opportunities in front of goal, taking the ball and shooting.
But alas, his crosshairs don't seem to be very good today.
Shortly after the break, Luka Modric sent in a low cross from the flank, and the Portuguese leaped high near the penalty spot, but his header was not on target, and the ball went wide of the goal, not threatening Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper Oblak.
Atletico Madrid also launched a counter-attack, young teenager Oliver Torres crossed from the left wing, Gao Zheng shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area, and the football hit the side netting.
Then Real Madrid crossed from the right from Isco to find Cristiano Ronaldo who was ambushed in the penalty area, but Godin, who saw through Isco's passing intentions in advance, cleared the ball.
The two sides did not test each other at the beginning, they were already familiar with each other, and there was no need to waste time at all.
So the game started at a very fast pace. The two sides come and go, and the fight is very lively.
Ten minutes into the game, the two sides had already fought several rounds.
In the ninth minute, Real Madrid attacked from the wing again, with right-back Carvajal cutting in to overtake Atletico Madrid left-back Felipe to catch up with the ball and kick it in front of goal.
Seeing this, Cristiano Ronaldo hurriedly inserted forward from the middle, intending to grab the point.
Seeing him forward so quickly, the Atletico Madrid defenders did not dare to slack off, Jimenez quickly pounced on Cristiano Ronaldo, while Godin was on the front post, ready to clear the ball with a header.
However, after Cristiano Ronaldo jumped, he couldn't reach the football, which passed over his head, and it was just a little bit worse......
Just when Real Madrid fans felt sorry for Ronaldo this time, they saw French striker Benzema behind him jump high, and then a powerful rush to the top of the flying football towards Atletico Madrid's goal!
This time, beside him, there was not a single Atletico Madrid defender - Atletico Madrid captain Gabi ran back to the penalty area with Benzema, but his attention was also attracted by Ronaldo and let Benzema go.
In the face of this unexpected header, goalkeeper Oblak made a save, but it was too late.
Benzema's rush to the top was so strong that the ball crashed into the net like a cannonball......
"Benzema!! Real Madrid take the lead away from home!! José Maria raised her arms and shouted.
Of course, he was on Atletico Madrid's side against Barcelona, but when the two Madrid teams met, he became a neutral and objective commentator again.
He was happy with Real Madrid scoring and Atletico Madrid was happy with his goal.
Real Madrid scored first, and this is still at the home of Atletico Madrid, which means that this game has a good show!
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After the goal, Benzema excitedly spread his arms and ran towards the corner flag area, and then he swung his fist hard at the baring Atletico Madrid fans in the stands and landed an "uppercut".
It was like a punch to the jaw of all Atletico Madrid fans.
After the initial stunned, Atletico Madrid fans booed Benzema with a deafening roar.
This is a blatant provocation!
But Benzema is not easy, maybe he didn't think about it that much, he just wanted to vent the emotions in his heart.
Since joining Real Madrid, he has been living in the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo. But you must know that when he joined Real Madrid, the media and club president Florentino regarded him as the successor of Ronaldo in Brazil.
Everyone said that his style of play was similar to that of Ronaldo.
As a result, in reality, he is more of a cover for Cristiano Ronaldo, as a foil.
It's even a matter of blame – it's the Portuguese to win and Benzema's to lose.
He didn't grasp all kinds of opportunities to score, and he became a laughing stock for everyone to laugh at him.
It seems that he really is useless.
But this season, he has swept away that decline.
Except for the first round of the league this season, he missed with a hard injury, and the next game was like a hanging.
Against Betis, he scored a goal; Against Espanyol, Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored five goals alone, was the protagonist, but he still scored a goal; Against Granada, he scored the only goal of the game to help Real Madrid beat their opponents; Against Athletic Bilbao, he scored both of Real Madrid's goals to help them win 2-1......
After seven league games, he has scored six goals, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo to become Real Madrid's top scorer, and he is also tied with Atletico Madrid's Gao Zheng in the scorer list, tied for first place.
He also scored a goal in the Champions League. In his eight appearances this season, he has scored seven goals.
This state has stifled Cristiano Ronaldo's limelight.
He is no longer the man who betrays the pot, nor is he the "Ben Ze Meow" that fans jokingly call him, but has truly become "Benz Tiger"!
In such a state, he has a great sense of raising his eyebrows and being the master.
So he doesn't care about the feelings of Atletico Madrid fans, he just wants to throw a punch at the sky, and wants God to prove that he Benzema doesn't admit defeat!